Speaking of Faith: The Ecstatic Faith of Rumi

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December 16, 2007
Krista Tippett - Host, Kate Moos - Producer, Mitch Hanley - Senior Producer, Colleen Scheck - Producer, Shiraz Janjua - Associate Producer, Jody Abramson - Associate Producer, Trent Gilliss - Web Editor, Fatemeh Keshavarz - Interviewee and Reader
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On this episode of Speaking of Faith, host Krista Tippet profiles the 13th-century Muslim mystic and poet Rumi, who has long shaped Muslims around the world and has now become popular in the West. Rumi created a new language of love within the Islamic mystical tradition of Sufism.

Program includes interview and readings of Rumi’s writings by Fatemeh Keshavarz, an Iranian-American poet and scholar.

Awarded:

2007 George Foster Peabody Award, winner in Podcast & Radio category

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