Schimmel’s recitation of Rumi’s poetry on sale in Germany

Schimmel (April 7, 1922 - January 26, 2003) was a well-known, influential German Iranologist and scholar who wrote extensively on Islam and Sufism.

“Cold Soil” enters Geneva’s Black Movie Festival

TEHRAN -- “Cold Soil” by Reza Sobhani is to be screened at Geneva’s Black Movie Festival, held every year in February.

This will be the first time that the movie, which is about a family living in a desert and which is in dire need of water, has entered an international gala.

The festival showcases the best new films from Asia, Africa and Latin America.

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