Winner of the 7th UBL Literary Awards 2018 for the Best Children’s Literature in English

Our Rumi is the fourth book in the series Literary Heritage Series for Young Readers. The aim is to acquaint readers to classical poetry and literature in easy language.  

Our Rumi is a selection from Masnavi-i Ma’navi and Diwan-i Kabir, two great masterpieces of Persian poetry. Written by the famous Sufi poet Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi, the books abound in timeless knowledge and wisdom.

This book has been especially compiled for young readers to acquaint them to Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi’s greatness and philosophy. The selection and translation of the verses has been done by Fahmida Riaz, an eminent poet and writer. Great care has been taken in selecting suitable verses to appeal to the youth.

It is a treasure house of appealing poetry and wisdom and covers a variety a topics like the universe, knowledge, Sufiism.