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To the beginning (Part 1): http://hojja-nusreddin.livejournal.com/1658970.html
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Rumi's view of his predecessors
Jawid Mojaddedi, Rutgers University, USA
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To Part 2: http://hojja-nusreddin.livejournal.com/1659192.html
_______________________________________________________On the 800th anniversary of his birth, the Foundation and the British Museum have organised a conference that will focus on the poetic origins, quality, and impact of ( Read more... )

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Please click on the link below to listen to a lovely 26-minute program on BBC World Service called “Heart and Soul,” hosted by Shusha Guppy and produced by Anne Khazam.

This episode is on Rumi's 800th birth anniversary and it includes interviews with Shahram Shiva, Andrew Harvey and several others and mentions Leonard Cohen's "Love of Rumi" and ( Read more... )

http://publicradio.org/tools/media/player/speakingoffaith/20070301_rumi

Ziauddin Shakeb was horrified when he recently read a Rumi couplet translated thus:
- "She came to my bedroom and I tore apart her blouse."
- "Rumi was a poet of love, not sex," protests the senior Hyderabad scholar.
- "I don't mind if Rumi is used in heavy metal as long as he is not distorted."
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