REMINDER - Film screening of "Rumi turning Ecstatic" on November 1 at 6:00pm in JB1-080

Since premiering on Canada?s VISION TV in January 2006, this captivating and
life changing film has made its way around the world, on a global mission of
peace. Turner Classic Movies calls it ?an engaging documentary? and The San
Francisco Chronicle praised it as ?a very good movie.?

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Cordially Invite you to a Celebration of the UNESCO-declared
International Year of Rumi in 2007
to commemorate the 800th anniversary of Rumi?s birth
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| | A tragic car crash propels Petrova on |
| | a mystical journey - from the |
| | California desert to the shifting |
| | sands of the Middle East - taking us |
| | on a road trip of discovery, |
| | uncovering key scholars and scientists |
| | who currently animate Rumi?s |
| | philosophies. Tina Petrova sets out |
| | to shine a light on his activism at |
| | work in the world today. |
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| | Canadian Filmmaker Tina Petrova?s |
| | extraordinary documentary Rumi- |
| | Turning Ecstatic premieres in Iran |
| | this week , as part of "CINEMA VERITE" |
| | Documentary Festival- currently |
| | underway in Tehran at Cinema Felestin |
| | (www.defc.ir). The 50-minute film |
| | includes readings from Rumi?s poetry; |
| | interviews with leading translators of |
| | Rumi?s poetry; and scenes of the |
| | Mevlevi Dervishes of Turkey. |
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| | This program will also include poetry |
| | reading, accompanied by renowned |
| | Persian musician, Mehdi Assad. |
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Thursday, November 1, 2007
6:00pm
World Bank J Building, JB1- 080
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.

For non bank staff, please RSVP to infoShopevents@worldbank.org

Welcoming remarks by
Sherry Kennedy
Canada Club Representative

Moderated by
Juliana Oyegun
Director, Diversity Programs, World Bank

Discussed by
Joe Martin
Professor, Johns Hopkins University

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