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Radio Rumi is hosted by Dr. Fatemeh Keshavarz at the University of Maryland. Keshavarz is author of award winning books including Reading Mystical Lyric: the Case of Jalal al-Din Rumi (USC P...
In this summer special episode, I discuss the worldly awareness of medieval Persian poets and thinkers, emphasizing their attention to cultu...
This episode focuses on the complexity of the concept of madness in Rumi's poetry. It explores our poet's approach to madness as a tool that...
This program is dedicated to the significance of dancing in human life. I start with Hafiz of Shiraz, then move on to Sa'di's approach to th...
On the occasion of the arrival of spring, millions of people across the globe are celebrating "Nowruz." In this program, I explore the liter...
In this program, I focus on wine and wine-house in the poetry of Hafiz of Shiraz. In the journey that we take from Konya to Shiraz, instead...
In this episode, I focus on the ways in which one of my favorite philosophers and a few life-companion poets (including Rumi) discuss an imp...
I start this program with a quote from a modern Western philosopher about the interconnection of all life everywhere. Comparing his view wit...
A large part of the world has just celebrated Christmas. This program looks into the poetic presence of Jesus in classical Persian poetry an...
In this episode, we take another poetic journey to Shiraz to spend Yalda with the master poet, Saʿdi. He speaks of the symbolic significance...
This episode is dedicated to the Iranian children suffering as the violent response to the uprisings causes them harm. I focus on children a...
I start this episode by describing the concept of the Self - "Khod" in Persian - as an ongoing inner process. I then explore Rumi's words on...
This episode is dedicated to the concept of healing, as Rumi speaks about. In his view, healing is not a thing which happens to us but somet...
In this episode, I talk about seasonal change and the autumn, which we usually see as a sign that the summer has ended. For Rumi, the pale l...
In this program I continue to explore what poetry was to Rumi. Sometimes it was the music to his happy moments, and comfort during sadness....
In this program, I start by underlining Rumi's emphasis on the concept of sokhan ('human speech'). For our poet, human beings are made up of...
In this first of a two-part program, I'll take you on the cosmic journey that Rumi plans for his readers. "There are thieves in town," he te...
In this program I explore the concept of "birth" in Rumi's lyric poetry as it applies to the entire cosmos. The convergence of the Winter So...
In this program I speak of Rumi’s vision on giving thanks. Describing “patience” and “gratitude” as the twin roads to contentment, Rumi poin...
In this episode we stroll through one of Rumi's ghazals with an eye on discovering the vibrancy and glow of this mystical metropolis. In the...
We have all experienced varying levels of isolation in our efforts to slow down a pandemic. In this program I focus on the ways in which Rum...
In this program, I focus on the concept of trust or "tavakkol" which is a stage in the Sufi spiritual journey. I explore this concept throug...
In this program, I describe the process of inner fulfillment as a journey in which there are no destinations beyond keeping the momentum of...
Rumi's lyric poetry seems to focus on our inner world of ambitions, joys, fears, and spiritual yearnings. In this program we look outwards a...
I set out to focus this program on the concept of fear. Much to my surprise, I found out that for Rumi the feeling that counters fear is not...
I start this program with Rumi's emphasis on the significance of hope in our lives in these days of struggle with a global threat. There are...
The Spring has just arrived. At the same time, the world is in the grips of a pandemic. In this program I look to Rumi for words of wisdom t...
Rumi's words have brought us together. What is in his poetic speech that educates, delights, and transforms us? There are many ways to addre...
With the election, politics and power are on our minds, I look at Rumi's understanding of the concept of power and his approach to it. As a...
In light of the recent clashes between my two homes (Iran and America), I dedicate this program to a concept which Rumi values and we need d...
This program is a Christmas special! In it I discuss some of Rumi's poems focused on the presence of light, giving, and healing as embodied...
In this episode, recorded right after the Thanksgiving which we recently enjoyed, I focus on Rumi's approach to feeling content and expressi...
In this program, I focus on the best ways to understand Rumi's poetry. One of my goals is to counter the idea of turning him into an infalli...
In this program, I focus on a celebrated poem of Rumi which tries to help us make sense of the journey that is our life. The poem is filled...
In this program I speak about Rumi's special's attention to the concept of arriving. Like many other thinkers, Rumi is aware of our human li...
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In this episode I conclude my discussion of Rumi and the concept of God focusing on our inner connection with the divine presence which he d...
In this episode I speak about the concept of God in Rumi's poetry and the various manifestations that it finds. Is God a person, an energy,...
In this second episode of a duo focused on handling disappointment , Rumi encourages us to step back from our daily personal problems to see...
This is the first of two episodes on Rumi's approach to disappointment in life. In this program I start with his general comments on the the...
This program continues to discuss Rumi's relationship with our environment as a space we share with animals, plants and other natural elemen...
With this episode, I start a discussion of Rumi and the environment. Citing his lyrics, I point to his reverence for nature as a site of the...
This program focuses on what Rumi says about the concepts of death and dying. I start with his definition of life itself and move on to the...
In this program, I elaborate on the significance of the notion of change in Rumi's lyric poetry. If things stay the same, life can turn into...
For Rumi, everything in the world is a sign pointing to the presence of the sacred. If we miss one sign, another will come our way. As, in t...
Rumi speaks of Jesus often. In this program, I discuss the dynamism of this image, and its celestial power. The breadth of Jesus is life-giv...
The idea that we are constantly recreated is not a new idea. The Greeks spoke it, as did the Sufis. Rumi loves the concept because it means...
This program brings you many poems so you hear Rumi's own voice as opposed to interpretations of it. These poems generate a dynamic energy t...
Rumi discussed abstract ideas as well as practical ways of life including religious practice. Was he a practicing Muslim? Or, did he rebel a...
In this program which is a continuation of Program 16, we discuss how Rumi uses the concept of "being in love" to denote being emotionally c...
In this program I speak about Rumi's informal sermons to people who came from many places to hear him speak. He did not write these presenta...