Konya is also known as the home of the Mevlevi order, the Sufi sect that follows the teachings of Rumi, often called whirling dervishes, due to their distinctive spinning prayer known as Sema.

Years of Absence... Eight Centuries of Presence' exhibition, currently running at the House of Wisdom in Sharjah until 14th ...

2010) devoted to the poetry, life, thought, and legacy of Jalal al-Din Rumi (d. 1273), the Islamic Sufi poet who authored some 60,000 lines of poetry, lectures, sermons, and letters in Persian and ...

Prolific chanter Amer El-Touni, founder of the Sufi chanting group Egyptian Mawlawiyah, died Sunday in Cairo at the age of 57 ...

Here's how you know it's a hipster wedding... If you’ve been asked to do the reading, chances are it’ll be Rumi. The Persian poet and Sufi mystic of the 13th Century is a huge favourite for ...

"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet." This quote comes from one of Rumi's major ...