The book explores Rumi’s poetry, its intrinsic connection to Sufi Islamic thought, and the way it has been reshaped for a contemporary Western audience. Rumi, born in 1207 in the Persian Empire ...

Lewis, Associate Professor at the University of Chicago (Rumi: Past and Present, East and West; The Life, Teachings and Poetry of Jalal ... the Diwan-e-Shams, a book dedicated to his inspiration ...