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New book explores the misunderstood legacy of Persian poet Jalal-al-Din Rumi in the West
A New Collection' by Farrukh Dhondy will be released on 2 April on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online platform for launching ...
The Daily Star11d
The power of Qasidas and devotional poetry in deepening Ramadan reflections
While core acts of devotion take center stage, qasidas (Islamic odes) and devotional poetry serve as powerful complements, ...
China Daily13d
Seeing China through the eyes of classic Iranian poetry
Diverse elements of Chinese culture and civilization have influenced Persian literature, particularly Persian poetry. Many ...
For these artists, going with the creative flow sometimes means changing forms
“There’s a dance when you create the art or you live in a certain way,” Honarvar said. “When you create the art or you live a ...
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Seeing China through the eyes of classic Iranian poetry
Persian poets transformed the Chigil into a lasting emblem of elegance and charm, forever immortalized in their verses. Rumi, in Divan-i Shams (The Collected Poems of Shams), wrote: "What should ...
Reader's Digest21d
22 Short Poems That’ll Help You Read More Poetry This Year
as in the case of this poem. Born in 1207 in modern-day Afghanistan (then part of the Persian empire), Jalal al-Din Rumi gained fame in his own lifetime and remains one of the world’s most ...