Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Poetry and Persian music are like needle and thread, the melody acting as a guide for ...

In a modern world filled with global uncertainty, inter-religious misunderstanding and subsequent animosity, music is a rare universal truth. Realizing the mystic words of medieval Muslim poet Jalal ...

The seventh annual Rumi Night was hosted by the Columbia Iranian Students Association on Friday. According to Naazanene Vatan, CC ’20, one of two vice presidents of the club, this event is unique from ...

Imagine a room full of men, standing quietly, dressed in tall white conical headdresses, each with white robes reaching to the ground. Their arms are crosswise over their chests, the symbol of One God ...

For the first time, Consulate General of the Republic of Türkiye in Hyderabad and The Times of India, is bringing to people of the city, original Turkish ‘Sema’ and Sufi music. Turkish consul general ...

"Music is the language of God", says Omar Faruk Tekbilek. "It is language without tongue and lips. It speaks from heart to heart." Turkish musician Omar Faruk Tekbilek is a world music superstar, and ...