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Eva was then drawn to learn Persian and to translate into French Iqbal’s works as well as those of the thirteenth-century mystic Jalaluddin Rumi, who became her spiritual guide.
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Her love for Rumi and his work led her to translate into French the whole of his masterwork, the Mathnawi, a six-volume masterwork of over 26,000 couplets.
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This affirming internal connection continued to sustain her throughout her life including her pilgrimage journey to Mecca and her time spent teaching at al-Azhar University in Cairo.
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