About Dr. Keshavarz

Radio Rumi is hosted by Dr. Fatemeh Keshavarz, Director of Roshan Institute for Persian Studies and Professor of Persian Literature at the University of Maryland. Keshavarz is author of award-winning books including Reading Mystical Lyric: the Case of Jalal al-Din Rumi (USC Press,1998), Recite in the Name of the Red Rose (USC Press, 2006) and a book of literary analysis and social commentary titled Jasmine and Stars: Reading more than Lolita in Tehran (UNC Press, 2007). She has also published other books and numerous journal articles. Keshavarz is a published poet in Persian and English and an activist for peace and justice. Currently, she directs the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures as well as Roshan Institute for Persian Studies at UMD.

For comments on Radio Rumi, email radiorumi@umd.edu

Media & Publications

• Watch on YouTube:  Cowboys and Iranians!
• Recent book: Lyrics of Life: Sa’di on Love, Cosmopolitanism, and Care of the Self
• Recently published poems
• Program on Rumi, BBC4: Beyond belief
• Interview with Krista Tippet on NPR:The ecstatic faith of Rumi
• Latest book review: The view from the edges