Rumi

A semazen leans his head back while turning during a sema ritual at the Irfan Civilization Research and Culture Center in Konya, Turkey.

Turkey’s ‘whirling dervishes’ strive to keep the practice sacred amid tourist demand

Jan 21, 2022

Black and white cover of composer Arooj Aftab

The ‘strange grace’ of singer Arooj Aftab

May 4, 2021

Arts, Culture & Media

Love Song

Mar 24, 2018

Turkish-American composer and musician Mehmet Ali Sanlikol is pictured here.

Explaining Muslim diversity through music

Oct 12, 2016

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio arrives at the 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California January 30, 2016.

Leonardo DiCaprio as a 13th-century Persian poet? Why not, says Hollywood.

Jun 9, 2016

Arts, Culture & Media

Global Hit – The Shams Ensemble

Aug 14, 2013