We would like to see you with us in the conference, called “Rumi and Women” which is organized to better understand how Rumi, the exalted Sultan enlightening centuries with his ilm, ashk and spiritual meaning, views and explains women and Allah’s creative attributes manifested in women.

Cemalnur Sargut

Turkish Women's Cultural Association
Head of Istanbul Branch

Program

6 May 2007 Conference on “Rumi and Women”
Venue: Ataturk Cultural Center (AKM), Harbiye, Istanbul

Registration
09:30

Opening Speeches
10:00
Esin Bayru Çelebi
International Rumi Foundation

PART 1
Prof Dr Emine Terzi
How Rumi Views Man-Woman and Human
Selçuk University, Konya

Prof Dr Sachiko Murata
The Cosmic Family
Stony Brook, New York State University, USA

Lunch Break
12:30-13:00

PART 2
Prof Dr Carl W. Ernst
Rumi and the Role of Women in Sufism
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

Cemalnur Sargut
The Manifestation of Ashk in Women
Turkish Women’s Cultural Association, Head of Istanbul Branch

Assoc. Dr. Omid Safi
Women as Creative, not Mere Creature:  (khaliq, nist makhluq):
Mevlana and the Perfection of Human-Relations
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

Break
14:30-15:00

PART 3
Nur Artıran
Women’s Place in Mawlawi Tradition

Camille Helminski
"Wherever You Turn There Is the Face of God."
Author, USA

Prof. Dr. Mahmud Erol Kılıç
The Role of Opposites in Rumi
Marmara University, Istanbul

Closing Speech
Dr Ayşenur Kurtoğlu
My Family Association

A Short Film
“Listen”