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For centuries. Rumi, the North Star, has been speaking to people from various cultures and backgrounds through the language of love in his works. Rumi, as he is most commonly known in the West, or Mawlana in the East, is one of the few people who have exerted a great influence over both space and time: in fact his work is more illuminating now as he becomes better known by modern society. People have increasingly been amazed that his presence seems so alive eight centuries after his death. Rumi's path of love within Sufism's inclusiveness has always attracted millions of people from all over the world, and this, without any doubt, is the major reason for Rumi's appeal in both the East and the West. This publication presents Rumi in a collection of articles with contributions from social scientists, academics, psychologists, artists, and philosophers from an unparalleled geographic range: it is now the opportune moment, in the post-9/11 period, to communicate more of Rumi's thought as it represents common ground for dialogue and mutual understanding.