A meditation on Rumi and the power of poetry | Leili Anvar

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🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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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.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:02.0	Audio Collective.
0:04.0	You're listening to Ted Talks Daily.
0:10.0	I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:13.0	Today, an appreciation of a poet whose words
0:16.1	have withstood the test of time.
0:18.6	In her 2023 talk from the Ted Immigrant Diaspora Iranian event.
0:23.2	Poetry Professor Laley Anvar helps us understand the work of Rumi
0:28.3	and why his work is just as relevant today
0:31.3	as it was thousands of years ago. After the break.
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