TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Rumi: One of the world's most famous writers | Stephanie Honchell Smith
According to legend, the renowned scholar Jalaluddin Muhammad Rumi was giving a lecture when a disheveled man approached and asked him the meaning of his academic books. Rumi didn’t know it yet, but this question and this man would...
TED Talks
TED: A meditation on Rumi and the power of poetry | Leili Anvar
In an ode to the Persian language, author Leili Anvar unfurls the work of 13th-century mystic poet Rumi and reflects on how poetry gives meaning to our lives.
Curated Video
Rome, Extended
Historian Maria Mavroudi (UC Berkeley) describes how the Byzantines unhesitatingly regarded themselves, and were regarded by others, as "Roman."
Curated Video
How Muslims are celebrating Ramadan
It is almost the end of the first week of Ramadan, a time when Muslims focus on their faith, communities, and self-growth. Our Dan Burritt speaks with Rumee Ahmed, a professor of Islamic Law at the University of British Columbia, about...
Curated Video
Residents are on high alert after a series of pit bull attacks near Bushwick
Surveillance video captures 3-year-old Rumi and his owner out for a walk - feet away from where they live - just moments before the sudden attack.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Volunteers provide food and warmth to Bucha residents at 'Yurt of Invincibility'
Volunteers and members of the Kazakh community in Ukraine distribute free tea, coffee, biscuits and Kazakh fried bread or 'baursaki' to Bucha residents at the 'Yurt of Invincibility'-- a traditional Kazakh yurt that has been installed in...