An Evening With Rumi: Persian Mystical Poetry and Music

Rumi contributed to the development of Sufism, a mystical Islamic tradition symbolized by whirling dervishes, through his passionate and profound poetry infused with the divine. Fatemeh Keshavarz, Rumi scholar and Director of the Roshan Institute for Persian Studies at the University of Maryland, will speak and read from his work, accompanied by music performed by Hossein Omoumi, a master of the ney, an end-blown flute; vocalist Jessika Kenny; and musicians Amir Koushkani and Hamin Honari.