Jalāl ud-Dīn Rūmī — one of the most sublime poets in world literature — lived in Konya, in what is now central Turkey, in the 13th century CE. Many Americans who recognize his name became familiar ...

Rumi, whose full name is Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, was a Persian poet, Islamic scholar, and Sufi mystic who lived in the 13th century. His work has had an impact on people all over the world, in all ...

Rumi was a 13th-century Muslim, but he's the most downloaded poet in America. Now a Dallas chorus - with an Iranian composer and a Syrian digital artist - has created a rapturous version of Rumi's ...

One day in 1976, poet Robert Bly handed his close friend Coleman Barks an old translation of several works by Rumi, the 13th-century Persian writer, encouraging him to render them in modern free verse ...