Comments on: Rumi is 800 this year http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/03/30/rumi-is-800-this-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rumi-is-800-this-year The FPA Global Affairs Blog Network Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:33:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bboyd http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/03/30/rumi-is-800-this-year/#comment-2439 bboyd Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:12:01 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/03/30/rumi-is-800-this-year/#comment-2439 Dear Safrang, Thanks for the correction--I almost had it but not quite. Check back and fix my words anytime!! Bonnie Dear Safrang,
Thanks for the correction–I almost had it but not quite.
Check back and fix my words anytime!!
Bonnie

]]> By: Safrang http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/03/30/rumi-is-800-this-year/#comment-2438 Safrang Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:49:28 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/03/30/rumi-is-800-this-year/#comment-2438 Thanks for the heads-up. I am from Afghanistan, currently living in DC area, and a big fan of Rumi's poetry - and will try to attend one of these events. Btw. that is 1207 C.E. (Common Era, which is the modern, PC form of A.D.) - B.C.E. (Before Common Era) would be the equivalent of the old B.C. (Before Christ.) Thanks for the heads-up. I am from Afghanistan, currently living in DC area, and a big fan of Rumi's poetry – and will try to attend one of these events.

Btw. that is 1207 C.E. (Common Era, which is the modern, PC form of A.D.) – B.C.E. (Before Common Era) would be the equivalent of the old B.C. (Before Christ.)

]]> By: Central Asia » Blog Archive » Casual Friday: Rumi at the Freer-Sackler http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/03/30/rumi-is-800-this-year/#comment-2437 Central Asia » Blog Archive » Casual Friday: Rumi at the Freer-Sackler Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:25:32 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/03/30/rumi-is-800-this-year/#comment-2437 [...] Another event celebrating the life and work of Jalal al-Din Rumi: [...] [...] Another event celebrating the life and work of Jalal al-Din Rumi: [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Afghanistan: 800 Years of Rumi http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/03/30/rumi-is-800-this-year/#comment-2436 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Afghanistan: 800 Years of Rumi Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:52:05 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/03/30/rumi-is-800-this-year/#comment-2436 [...] Bonnie Boyd notes that Rumi, the famous poet often associated with Sufism who was born in what is now Afghanistan, was born 800 years ago and she reports on a celebration of his work that took place in Washington, DC. Nathan Hamm [...] [...] Bonnie Boyd notes that Rumi, the famous poet often associated with Sufism who was born in what is now Afghanistan, was born 800 years ago and she reports on a celebration of his work that took place in Washington, DC. Nathan Hamm [...]

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