Selected Publications

Text Box: “Poetry meditation,” Light of Consciousness, Autumn 2011, pp. 54-58.
“Rumi Poetry Club,” an article by Austen Diamond in the City Weekly (Salt Lake City, Utah), 21 February 2011 (www.cityweekly.net)
“Why is Rumi popular in America?,” Tiferet: A Journal of Spiritual Literature, Winter 2011, pp. 75-81.
“Homage to Professor Nicholson (translated from the Persian),” by Professor Badi al-Zaman Foruzanfar, The Mawlana Rumi Review, No. 2 (2011), pp. 125-134.
“Garden of Secrets: The Real Rumi,” Quest, Summer 2010, pp. 106-109.
“Where Painting and Poetry Merge,” Om Times Magazine (online), August 2010, pp. 32-36
“Rumi: Poetry as Guiding Light” (with paintings by Setsuko Yoshida), 11:11 magazine, January-February 2010, pp.  32-35.
Book Review of “Rumi’s Sun: The Teachings of Shams of Tabriz, trans. Refik Algan and Camille Adams Helminski, 2008,” Sufi (English, UK), #78 (2010), p. 51.
Book Review of  “The Quatrains of Rumi, trans. Ibrahim Gamard and Rawan Farhadi, 2008,” Sufi (English, UK), #78 (2010), p. 52.
“Spiritual Poetry and Interfaith Understanding,” Interreligious Insight, June 2009, p. 31-38. 
“10 Q&A about Rumi” [in Persian]. Sufi  (Persian, UK), June 2009, pp. 21-26.
“Poetry of Universal Love: The Journey of the Poet Rumi,” The World and I Online magazine, April 2009.
“Saadi of Shiraz: The 13th Century Persian Poet of Compassionate Wisdom,” The World and I Online magazine, June 2009
“Translating Rumi: Three Traditions,” Interreligious Insight, January 2009, pp.80-83.
Book Review of “Rumi: Fire of Love, by Nahal Tajaddod, 2008,” Rain Taxi Review of Books, Online Edition, Winter 2008/2009.
“In the Ocean of Rumi: Poetry of Love and Spiritual Awakening,” Pure Inspiration, Spring 2008, pp. 34-40. 
“A Map of the Heart in Rumi’s Poetry,” Tiferet: A Journal of Spiritual Literature, No. 7 (2008), pp. 59-63.
“Jesus Christ in Rumi’s Poetry and Parables,” Interreligious Insight, April 2008, pp. 22-25. 
“Rumi’s Poetry and Meditative Life,” The Edge magazine, December 2007.
 “Rumi: Poems as Meditation,” Vision: Catalyst for Conscious Living, October 2007, p. 16 & 50.
“Rumi for Twentysomething,” NYU LiveWire, 2007
“Rumi: Poeta di amore e pace” (Italian translation), Aam Terra Nuova (Italy), October 2007, pp. 57-60.
“Rumi Club celebrates poet’s 800th birthday,” The Daily Utah Chronicle, September 28, 2007.
“Master Rumi: The Path to Poetry, Love and Enlightenment,” Kyoto Journal, # 66 (2007) , pp. 16-21. 
Book Review of “Rumi’s Daughter by Muriel Maufroy, 2006,” Kyoto Journal, #66 (2007), p. 85, 87.
“Love and Life in Rumi’s Poetry,” Persian Heritage Quarterly, Summer 2007, pp. 39-40. 
“Rumi and the Buddha: Correlative Ideas on Spiritual Awakening,” Interreligious Insight, July 2007, pp. 28-38. 
“Rumi: Poet of Love and Peace,” New Perspectives: Journal of Conscious Living, Summer 2007, pp. 14-15. 
“Rumi 800” (in Persian), Rahâvard #79 (Summer 2007), pp. 53-60.
“Moulana Rumi: The Most Popular Poet in America,” Sufi (English, UK) #73 (Summer 2007), pp. 34-39.
“Rumi: A Spiritual Poet for All Ages,” Persian Heritage Monthly, October 2007 .
“Rumiyat: A Guide to Reading Rumi,” The Payvand Online, 9 April 2007. Also printed in Persian Heritage Monthly, July 2007 .
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