In the United Arab Emirates, a new ecology is emerging at a lake formed by desalinated water that’s been pumped in from the Persian Gulf.
http://www.npr.org/2012/10/26/163723606/whats-a-lake-doing-in-the-middle-of-the-desert
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What’s A Lake Doing In The Middle Of The Desert? : NPR
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» The Eccentricity of Shams
We explore the spiritual world of Rumi, a 13th-century Muslim mystic and poet, with Persian scholar Fatemeh Keshavarz. Rumi saw human love as a mirror of the divine, and searching as a form of arrival. Hear his poetry and its echoes in our world.
http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2012/rumi/#musicalscore
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» Pregnant with God
We explore the spiritual world of Rumi, a 13th-century Muslim mystic and poet, with Persian scholar Fatemeh Keshavarz. Rumi saw human love as a mirror of the divine, and searching as a form of arrival. Hear his poetry and its echoes in our world.
http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2012/rumi/#musicalscore
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» Sufism and the Whirling Dervishes
We explore the spiritual world of Rumi, a 13th-century Muslim mystic and poet, with Persian scholar Fatemeh Keshavarz. Rumi saw human love as a mirror of the divine, and searching as a form of arrival. Hear his poetry and its echoes in our world.
http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2012/rumi/#musicalscore
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Stuff You Missed in History Class
Tamerlane and the Battle of Ankara — Timur the Lame (that’s Tamerlane to the Westerners) conquered areas from Persia to Russia throughout the late 1300s. His last great battle was in Ankara against Sultan Bayezid I. But how exactly did he gain the upper hand? Tune in to find out.
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