The Music of the Reeds

About the Book

The Music of The Reeds speaks about the inner feelings, aspirations, and agonies of Jalaludin Rumi and the glory of love in his personal life that made him to become the greatest mystic poet of all times.

Mowlana Jalaludin Balkhi, known also as Rumi was born in Balkh, Afghanistan in 1206 AD. His father Bahaudin-walad, the most prestigious scholar of Khurasan decided to leave Balkh and move to Konya, Turkey just before the Mongolian invasion of Islamic countries in 1221 AD.

The story begins with Jalaludin's childhood when he was joyfully playing with his friends in the reed beds in the city of Balkh, and continues until he meets Shams Tabrizi, and a young girl by name of Kimia, the two people that Jalaludin was deeply touched and inspired by to think differently.

About the Author

Hamid Naweed is well-known Afghan poet and writer; he is a Fulbright scholar and former professor of Art History & Human Civilizations at Kabul University. Hamid Naweed is author of series of articles and scholarly essays on Human Civilizations and Afghanistan?s Schools of Art, in Dari and English. He is in the process of publishing his second book on Afghanistan?s Art History. Hamid Naweed has received his Masters from State University of New York at Buffalo. He his a member of Afghanistan?s High Council for Arts and works with a number renown Afghan artists to preserve and promote Afghanistan?s cultural heritage.