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Born on 30 September 1207, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī — more popularly known simply as Rumi, was a 13th-century poet, Islamic scholar & Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan. Today, his work is still celebrated by people across the world
A thread on Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī…
A thread on Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī…
1/ There has been much discussion on whether the Western obsession with Rumi constitutes as a form of “cultural appropriation”
Beyonce named her child Rumi. Brad Pitt has a tattoo of Rumi poetry. Coldplay included Rumi in their concert. Oprah ran a Rumi program
Beyonce named her child Rumi. Brad Pitt has a tattoo of Rumi poetry. Coldplay included Rumi in their concert. Oprah ran a Rumi program
2/ Rumi has helped the spiritual journeys of other celebrities—Madonna, Tilda Swinton—some of whom similarly incorporated his work into theirs. Aphorisms attributed to Rumi circulate daily on social media, offering motivation
Thread: Rumi Vodka, an offensive commercialization:
Occasionally, I see Moulana Rumi's name plastered somewhere it doesn't belong, like this rosewater brand, or my local kebab place. I don't like it, but it also doesn't bug me as much as the many renderings masquerading as translations.
Then, once in a blue moon, I run into something so appalling, that it is worse than a new agey secularized translation of Rumi. I present to you: Rumi's Vodka.
Thread: The Orientalizing of Moulana Rumi
Many of you may be familiar with the 'Rumi quotes' that circulate the internet. What if I told you the vast majority of them are fake and they are part of a project to secularize Rumi? This isn't a whatsapp conspiracy.
Many of you may be familiar with the 'Rumi quotes' that circulate the internet. What if I told you the vast majority of them are fake and they are part of a project to secularize Rumi? This isn't a whatsapp conspiracy.
Take this quote, commonly attributed to Moulana Rumi:
Brad Pitt even got it tattooed, right by his pit:
