Written Appearances:
2024:
The Flow of Rumi’s Wisdom - Arts Help - 18 July 2024
Vihollisten välissä - Yleisradio Oy - 12 May 2024
Arapça tabelaların inmesi zoruna gitti. Ağır ol da molla desinler - Yeniçağ Gazetesi - 15 April 2024
Talking About Language Learning and more with Muhammad Ali Mojaradi - Murtaza Hussain - 17 March 2024
2023:
A tale of two Rumis – of the East and of the West - Al Jazeera - 18 December 2023
Payments Denied, Flagged And Scrutinized - Huffington Post - 24 March 2023
The internet is filled with cheap, inaccurate Rumi merch - hyphen - 27 January 2023
2022:
Translator and Creator of PersianPoetics, Muhammad Ali Mojaradi - Farsang Journal - 17 July 2022
Persian Poetics, Muhammad Ali Mojaradi - Bayt al-Fan - 6 July 2022
2021:
Rumi’s mystic Persian poetry echoes loudly in Iran - Yeni Şafak - 17 December 2021
The Key to Understanding Iran Is Poetry - Newlines Magazine - 23 July 2021
Orientalism still runs deep within the Western subconscious - Middle East Monitor - 14 January 2021
2020:
How Islam was erased from the Persian poet’s work (Interview) - The New Arab - 16 June 2020
We Know About Rumi’s Quotes May Be Untrue - Mangobaaz - 7 June 2020
Has Rumi’s Poetry Fallen Prey To ‘Spiritual Colonialism’? - Muslim.co - 2 June 2020
“Spiritual Colonialism”: The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi - 29 May 2020
Here’s why that Rumi quote you’re posting is actually fake - The Tempest - 23 May 2020
Podcast and Video Appearances:
2024:
Wine of the Gods - BBC Radio 4 - 30 July December 2024
2023:
Insights into Persian Poetics - Sképsislamica - 23 December 2023
Rumi lost in translation? - Middle East Monitor - 21 June 2023
When Verse Goes Viral - Sacred and Profane - 4 April 2023
2022:
Rumi: Life, Works and Legacy of a Muslim Poet - Abbasid History Podcast - 1 April 2022
In Defense of Nativism - The East is a Podcast - 23 February 2022
Ustadh Sharghzadeh | Rumi & Sa‘di - Mind Trap with Mufti Abu Layth - 14 January 2022
2021:
Lost in translation: How texts change as they travel - Al Jazeera Listening Post - 2 October 2021
Recovering Islam in Rumi’s Poetry - Let the Quran Speak - 24 September 2021
Pakistan Independence Day | 14 August | National Anthem - Soch Videos - 14 August 2021
Growing Up in Detroit and Discovering the Love of Poetry - Chai and Conversation - 24 March 2021
Allama Iqbal: The Poet of the East - Soch Videos - 23 March 2021
Rumi, Religiosity & More - Mind Trap with Mufti Abu Layth - 18 February 2021
2020:
Has Rumi been mistranslated? - Soch Videos - 30 September 2020
Capitalism is Haram & What Marx got Wrong about Islam - Diaspora Disorientate - 13 September 2020
Reclaiming Islamic Poetry - Boys in the Cave - 1 August 2020
The Brodcast Podcast - 6 June 2020
Interview with Persian Poetics - The Creative Lens - 5 May 2020
History of the Ghazal - Zirrar - 3 April 2020