Awakening with Rumi

Early in my time on the Sufi path, I went to visit some friends I had known through a meditation group. One took me aside at the end of our…

Saimma Dyer shares her favourite quotes from Mevlana Rumi on Ramadan, food, and fasting

I had the good fortune to be included on a rare guided tour of W.S. Merwin’s palm forest, offered by the Merwin Conservancy. The walk, with…

Daliah Merzaban reflects on forming a heart connection with late Mevlevi Shaikh Suleyman Hayati Dede

I was in conversation with two friends when the topic turned to the suffering the world is experiencing right now. I made an observation…

On a Friday afternoon in mid-June, I found myself at the Sankt-Jakobi Friedhof, a cemetery transitioning into new life as the…

The women who supported the prophets and carried the message

Lately a number of people have asked me when I became Muslim, but I’ve found it a difficult question to answer. When did I first say the…

Daliah Merzaban describes the taste of Love concealed beneath pangs of hunger