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Rumi

A semazen leans his head back while turning during a sema ritual at the Irfan Civilization Research and Culture Center in Konya, Turkey.
Sacred Nation
Turkey’s ‘whirling dervishes’ strive to keep the practice sacred amid tourist demand
Arts, Culture & Media
Love Song
Turkish-American composer and musician Mehmet Ali Sanlikol is pictured here.
Music
Explaining Muslim diversity through music
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio arrives at the 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California January 30, 2016.
Culture
Leonardo DiCaprio as a 13th-century Persian poet? Why not, says Hollywood.
Hafez Nazeri
Arts, Culture & Media
This Iranian composer makes a new kind of music that’s ‘neither east nor west’
Hafez Nazeri
Arts, Culture & Media
This Iranian composer makes a new kind of music that’s ‘neither east nor west’
Arts, Culture & Media
Global Hit – The Shams Ensemble
The World – Episode 20071120 – Global Hit ? Rumi