Rozina Ali on how contemporary translations of the Persian poet Rumi obscure the original poems’ Koranic references.

Key points Powerful poetry bridges the psychological, cultural, and spiritual. Reading poetry can be healing and transformative. Love and a sense of interconnectedness are at the core of Rumi's ...

Pink Knots by Arushi Kathuria has unveiled its latest Rumi Utsav collection just in time as the festive season approaches. Rumi Utsav is a thoughtfully handcrafted series of wooden gifting trays that ...

Soon, Rumi’s poetry became a lifeline, allowing me to survive both my own personal insanity and the political insanity to come.

• Rumi, the Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy andLonging, translations and commentary by Coleman Barks (Harper/SanFrancisco, $21.95).

Rumi, trans. from the Persian by Brad Gooch and Maryam Mortaz. Everyman’s Library, $14.95 (256p) ISBN 978-1-101-90810-5 With millions of copies of the 13th-century Sufi mystic poet’s work sold ...

Rumi, a Persian poet from the 13th century, put his devotion to God and love of friendship in numerous poems. Although Rumi’s poems were originally written in Farsi and are centuries old, they ...

Long-awaited animated feature “Lamya’s Poem” has unveiled its first trailer. Alex Kronemer’s Rumi-inspired film about a Syrian refugee girl named Lamya was one of the hot competition ...

The Islamic mystical poet Rumi (1207- 1273) improvised the evocative poems which his followers wrote down. Translator Coleman Barks's The Essential Rumi won the Persian writer American fans, some ...

Personal Perspective: For more than six decades, the poet Rumi has inspired me. Here is why we need his timeless poetry now.