Rumi: The Hidden Treasure
SHEMS FRIEDLANDER has absorbed the mystical traditions of classical Sufism from their Eastern sources in Turkey and the Arab world and translated them into accessible works for the Western reader. A member of the Sufi order of dervishes founded by Jalaluddin Rumi, he offers an insider's in-depth view of Rumi which other contemporary poets who have adapted his work for the West fail to elucidate. He lives in Cairo and is currently completing a TV documentary on Rumi.