How to Read a Poet Like Rumi
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How to Read a Poet Like Rumi
November 15, 2019
9:15-10:30 a.m.
Highland Campus Social Staircase
9:15-10:30 a.m.
Highland Campus Social Staircase
How do we understand and read a 13th century Poet? How do we understand his poems if they were written in Persian? What if the poet was Muslim? What if he was an Islamic seminary teacher? Dr. Keshavarz will talk about how people of different faiths read Rumi’s poetry and connect with it in the West and why we must take care not to divorce his work from his heritage, tradition, and culture.
Featuring
Dr. Fatemeh Keshavarz
University of Maryland, College Park
Host of Radio Rumi, a Bi-Weekly Podcast
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