This episode focuses on the complexity of the concept of madness in Rumi&#39;s poetry. It explores our poet&#39;s approach to madness as a tool that curbs the power of rules and regulations to allow the formation of human spiritual originality.

Radio Rumi Program 66: The Lands and Seas Are Vast, and the People Numerous

Radio Rumi is hosted by Dr. Fatemeh Keshavarz at the University of Maryland. Keshavarz is author of award winning books including Reading Mystical Lyric: the Case of Jalal al-Din Rumi (USC Press,1998), Recite in the Name of the Red Rose (USC Press, 2006) and a book of literary analysis and social commentary titled Jasmine and Stars: Reading more than Lolita in Tehran (UNC Press, 2007). She has also published other books and numerous journal articles. Keshavarz is a published poet in Persian and English and an activist for peace and justice.