Several Iranian and Turkish cultural officials, including Iran’s House of Music Director Hamidreza Nurbakhsh, are to attend the concert, MNA reported. Nazeri is to perform several pieces based on the works of Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi. Several other Iranian bands are also scheduled to perform during the event.  more

Iranian and Albanian cultural figures including the leader of the Bektashi community in Albania, Haxhi Babab Dede Reshat Bardhi, Iran’s ambassador Ali Beman Eqbali and a group of writers and literary figures attended the opening ceremony on Thursday. more

Iranian musician Hushang Kamkar has recently completed “The Molana Symphonic Composition”, a piece commemorating Persian mystic and poet Molana Jalal ad-Din. A recording of the new work is to be issued by the IRIB Music Center. more

Persian mystic and poet Mevlana Jalal ad-Din is scheduled to be commemorated by the Children’s Book Council and the Association of Children’s Books Illustrators in the Iranian Artists Forum during a weeklong program opening today.  more

Pondering on the poems of the great Iranian poet, Jalaleddin Mohammad Rumi, known as Molana, one realizes that Molana contained in himself all the characteristic of humanity, said Mehdi Nabizadeh. more

The Culture and Tourism Ministry is preparing to film a documentary about 13th century Sufi poet and mystic Mevlana Jalalludin Mohammad. The film will be shot in Hollywood with American author Deepak Chopra narrating Rumi's life story. more

Mevlana Muhammed Jelaluddin Rumi was commemorated at the European Parliament with a panel discussion focusing on his message of tolerance. more

The Children of Iran band is to perform a musical version of “The Merchant and his Clever Parrot”, a story from Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi’s Masnavi, at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall from November 21 to 23. more

An exhibition of paintings by Federica Matta and calligraphy by Towhidi Tabari on poems of the great Persian poet, Mowlana Rumi, is held in Iran’s Cultural Center, Paris, from 30 September to 20 October 2005. more

Speaking at the international congress held to commemorate the 800th birth anniversary of Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi at the IRIB International Conference Hall on Monday, Jalali noted that the world of today is in more need than ever of listening to the words of Rumi. more

Toward the end of Candid, Voltaire writes in 1758 about a dervish saint who lived in Turkey without citing his name. In the novel, Candid approaches and asks the dervish: “Master…we have come to ask a favour. Will you kindly tell us why such a strange animal as man was ever made?  more

Iranian setar virtuoso Jalal Zolfonun, accompanied by his band, will give a 10-day series of concerts in Konya, Turkey, featuring improvised pieces on the theme of Mevlana. more

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) granted its full support to Iran for the programs designed to commemorate the 13th century Persian poet and mystic, Rumi, next year during “The International Year of Rumi” as dubbed by the Organization. more

The House of Cinema paid tribute to Shahram Nazeri, the winner of France’s Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur medal, in a ceremony held in Khoy, the resting place of Shams on Friday.  more

Michigan State University will host a conference today on Rumi, the 13th-century Muslim poet, mystic and philosopher. The conference will be followed by poetry reading, whirling dervishes and traditional Sufi music. The events will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the MSU Union's Parlor Room and Gold Room. more

On the 30th of September this year which marked the anniversary of birthday of the 13th century Persian poet, Rumi, a special program was held on the first day of Iran’s cultural week in Paris. more

Afgha.com, 1 October 2006 -- In a brand new documentary made for television, “Rumi - Turning Ecstatic,” Tina Petrova reveals why the words of a 13th. C. Muslim Poet are crucial for peace on the planet today. For Tina Petrova,... more

The TV series of the late director Ali Hatami entitled “Masnavi Manavi” is being screened at the Film Museum of Iran until November 2. The series depicts six stories by Molana Rumi produced for TV in black and white and cast with the actors Jamshid Mashsayekhi, Saeid Amir-Soleimani and Abbas Maghfurian. more

Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel said here Thursday that the only way to thwart the West conspiracies against Iranians is through reliance on its own cultural roots. He noted that Molana, the prominent poet of the 13th century (1207-1273), is one of the greatest cultural assets of the Islamic Republic of Iran. more

Molana Jalal-e din Mohammad Balkhi, commonly known as Rumi, was a Persian philosopher and mystic of Islam. His doctrine advocates unlimited tolerance, positive reasoning, goodness, charity and awareness through love. more

The UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura in his message on the occasion of 'International Conference on Molana, Tehran October 28-30, 2007, called on all nations and peoples to learn from the teachings of Molana on the fundamental values of compassion and solidarity. more

Iran's master of miniatures, Mahmoud Farshchian, has unveiled his latest work 'Shams and Mowlavi' at the international Mowlavi Congress.  more

Lotfi, Iran's living musical legend, is going to sing the mystical poetry of Mowlavi in London to commemorate The Year of Mowlavi. The concert, which is organized by the Iran Heritage Foundation and the Nava Art Group, will be held in Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, on October 28. more

The International Congress on the 800th birth anniversary of Molana Jalaleddin Molavi Balkhi, the renowned Iranian mystic poet, kicked off here on Sunday.A total of 450 articles from 29 countries has been received by the secretariat of the congress to be evaluated by 21 judges. Philosophy, mysticism and religion, Molana and contemporary world, understanding among cultures and religions in Molana's thoughts, art and aesthetics, story writing, and language and literature are among subjects of the congress. more

International Conference to commemorate the 800th birthday anniversary of Persian renowned Poet Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi kicks off here Sunday. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad-Hossein Saffar-Harandi will deliver speeches in the inauguration ceremony. more

A collection of exquisite illustrations of Rumi’s poems from the Divan of Shams and also portraits on the themes of Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi and Shams of Tabriz was unveiled at Tehran’s Palestine Museum of Contemporary Arts on October 28. more

Italy and the UAE will jointly produce a $30 million film to pay tribute to the life of great Persian mystic Jalaluddin Mohammad Mowlavi. more

The Chinese have managed to turn the Year of Mevlana, declared by UNESCO to honor the 800th anniversary of Mevlana Jelaleddin Rumi’s birth, into an economic windfall by manufacturing several souvenir items bearing images of Mevlana and whirling dervishes.  more

UN and Niavaran Cultural Center to hold Mevlana ceremony TEHRAN -- The United Nations and the Niavaran Cultural Center are to hold a ceremony named “A Night with Mevlana” on October 27. Representatives of the United Nations and UNESCO will... more

An international congress commemorating the 800th birth anniversary of Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi was inaugurated at the IRIB International Conference Hall in Tehran on Sunday. The ceremony opened with a speech delivered by President Mahmud Ahmadinejad followed by an address from the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad-Hossein Saffar Harandi. more

The renowned Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, who won the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature, has referred to Molana Rumi as an Iranian poet who was influenced by ancient Persian literature. more

Around 1,250,000 visitors has visited the Mevlana Museum in Konya, hometown of the great 13th century Turkish philosopher and poet Mevlana Jelaladdin Rumi, since the beginning of 2007, designated The Year of Mevlana by United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). more

Armenia’s Ministry of Education and Science is to hold a congress on Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi entitled “Rumi, the Shining Star of Spiritual Poets” at the venue of Armenia’s National Academy of Sciences in collaboration with Iran’s cultural attaché’s office in Yerevan on November 5. more

Tehran Times Art Desk TEHRAN -- Iranian director Hossein Mosafer Astaneh restaged his play, “Love Resurrection”, in Khoy on October 27 in honor of Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273). The performances form part of a week-long program arranged to commemorate... more

The Iranian Academy of Arts is to publish a version of Rumi’s Divan of Shams illustrated by Iranian artists. The book contains 50 illustrations by contemporary artists compiled by Mehdi Hosseini and will be published to commemorate the 800th birth anniversary of Rumi. more

Tehran, 18 October 2006 (CHN Foreign Desk) -- Shahram Nazeri, famous Iranian vocalist, will perform in a concert in New York City in commemoration of the great Persian poet, Rumi on 28-29 of October. He will be accompanied by his... more

The growing interest in Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi continues to bring thousands together; more than 80,000 people are expected to attend the Remembrance of Mevlana program being held Dec. 1-17. More than 80,000 people will attend the Remembrance of Mevlana Program on Dec.1-17, where for the first time 33 sema (whirling ceremonies) will take place. more

Every event imaginable, from Sufi whirling shows and international symposia to celebration ceremonies and "Mesnevi" readings regarding 13th century Sufi saint Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi has been held since UNESCO pronounced 2007 the Year of Mevlana. more

A ceremony in commemoration of Rumi, the great Persian poet and philosopher, was held in Kabul University, during which several speeches were delivered and some verses of the poet recited. more

Promotional activities and events held in Konya during 2007 that has been declared the year of Rumi by UNESCO has begun bearing fruit. Konya Tourism Platform Chairman Bekir Şahiner said an event that had been organized the previous week within the scope of the 800th birth anniversary of Rumi received great interest. more

The growing interest in Mevlana Muhammed Jelaluddin Rumi, the Sufi saint of Islam who advocated tolerance, reason and access to knowledge through love, continues to bring thousands to the Mevlana Museum, located in the central Anatolian city of Konya.  more

A collection of poems by the Persian poet and mystic Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi has been translated and published in Serbia. Aleksandar Jusic has translated Coleman Barks’ “The Essential Rumi”, a collection of Rumi’s poetry which was published in 1994 in the U.S., into the Serbian language. more

Iranian setar virtuoso Jalal Zolfonun, accompanied by his band, will give a 10-day series of concerts in Konya, Turkey, featuring improvised pieces on the theme of Rumi. more

Hazrat Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi (b 1207), hailed as "the greatest mystic poet of the world" by the German poet philosopher Wolfgang Von Goethe for his Mathnawi and Divan-e-Kabir, was surprisingly depreciative of writing poetry.  more

The Iranian Artists’ Forum (IAF) is to hold a session on Oct. 18 entitled “The Art of Loving” which will review mysticism in the poetry of Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi. more

In 1207, a great mystic, saint and poet was born in Afghanistan. Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi – or just Rumi in North America – is the world's best-selling poet eight centuries after he walked the Earth. Preceding both Gutenberg and Shakespeare, he has been reborn in the age of mass printing. Rumi is a literary survivor. more

A 13th century Persian poet, whose simple yet deep words continue to have relevance in the modern world, will be honored at Sacred Heart University on November 13th through literature, music and Sufi-dance. The event, An Evening with Rumi: Poet of Peace, will pay tribute to the poet, jurist and theologian. The event is open to the public, free of charge. more

London played host to a Rumi event within the framework of what has been declared by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as the ''2007 Year of Mevlana.''  more

Chinese scholar Mu-hong Yan is slated to deliver lectures at a congress to be hosted jointly by Tehran and Tabriz from October 28 until 30 to commemorate Rumi’s 800th birth anniversary. The theme of the discourses will be pacifism as depicted in the Masnavi, the masterpiece of the Persian poet Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi. more

The first postage stamp with the picture of Rumi has been published by Syria, to be followed by Iran, turkey, and Afghanistan by end of March 2006. Following the visit of director of the Post Company of Iran to Turkey, some negotiations were conducted for publishing a shared stamp between the two countries. more

Iran’s cultural attaché’s office in Germany held a seminar on the philosophy of Persian mystic and poet Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi on October 11 on the sidelines of the Frankfurt Book Fair. more

Numerous ceremonies will be held all over the world to celebrate the birthday anniversary of Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Rumi, the 13th-century Persian poet who was born on September 30 in Balk in what is today’s Afghanistan. more

CHN Foreign Desk- 22 September 2007- Two famous Iranian musicians, Mohammad-Reza Lotfi and Mohammad Ghavi Helm are going to perform poems of Rumi in Queen Elizabeth Hall of South Bank, London. On the occasion of Rumi’s anniversary, Lotfi is going... more

The week is organized by the forum of foreign cultural institutes in Paris (FICEP), bringing together some 38 cultural centers and institutes. “Etrangement Proche” (strangely close) is the theme of this year’s event, which will be its 4th edition held. more

Magnificent performance of Khorshid (Sun) music group in Paris which was held alongside an exhibition in which more than 100 artistic works of Persian artists in fields of painting, calligraphy, and book with the subject of Rumi’s poems and thoughts were put on show, was greatly hailed by audiences.  more

On the occasion of 800th anniversary of Jalal al-Din Rumi, Persian great poet, Iran Heritage Foundation in conjunction with British Museum have organized a conference with the topic of “Wondrous Words: The Poetic Mastery of Jalal al-Din Rumi” from 13-15 September in London. more

The most distinguished woman in Rumi©s family was not his wife or daughter but his daughter-in-law Fatemeh Khatoun, the wife of his son Sultan Valad. Women used to be regarded highly in Rumi©s family and enjoyed equal rights with men. more

Jalal al Din Rumi, author of a vast collection of Persian odes and lyrics, of which a selection is here offered in translation, was born in A.D. 1207 at Balkh, in the old Khorasan, Iran, and died in 1273 at Konya, in Asiatic Turkey. more

CHN Foreign Desk - Mowlana Jalaluddin Rumi, one of the great spiritual masters and poetical geniuses of mankind, was an astronomer as well, according to an Iranian academician. In her recently-published book “A Fresh Glance at Mowlana Jalaluddin Rumi”, Dr.... more

In a joint program, Iran and Turkey will cooperate in holding Rumi International Conference which will be held in Konya and Istanbul during spring 2007 to commemorate the 13th century Persian poet, Rumi during the year named after him by UNESCO. more

Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies of University of Exeter, in Britain announced that this institute is about to hold several projects for Iranian studies. These projects are consisted of holding three training courses for Persian literature in basic, intermediate, and advanced levels moreover to hold a seminar and publishing three research projects. more

Coleman Barks, the famous American author and translator who has translated Rumi’s poems from Persian to English, will recite Rumi’s poems accompanied by the performance of a famous orchestra in the United States with the attendance of those interested in Persian poems and eastern Sufism. more

Masnavi-e Manavi (Mathnavi or Mathnavi-e Maanavi) is the best known work of Mevlana consisting of 24,660 couplets in seven books. Mevlana himself defined his work as a work of destruction, destruction of the worldly for the sake of embracing the Divine. more

Divan-e Shams is a masterpiece of wisdom and eloquence. It is often said that Mevlana had attained the level of a "Perfect Master" and as such, he often dwelled in the spiritual realms that were rarely visited by others of this world. He attained heights that were attained by only a few before him or since. more

Jalalludin Mohammad, the Persian Sufi poet and Mystic was born in Balkh - in the north-eastern provinces of Persia(Iran), present day Afghanistan – 800 years ago. He is also known as "Rumi", "Balkhi", “Mevlana”, "Mowlavi", "Molavi", "Mowlana", "Molana" and "Maulana". He was the son of Baha'u-'d-Din, who decided to leave Balkh when Mevlana was about 5. The family traveled to Baghdad, to Mecca on pilgrimage, and to Damascus. They eventually settled at Konya (in present day Turkey). In Konya, Mevlana lived the rest of his life. more