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A Hollywood film project and a joint attempt by Iran and Turkey to register the principal works of the poet Rumi with the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list have recently caused political turmoil, above all, in Afghanistan. By Waslat Hasrat-Nazimi
What is currently on the minds of Afghans? Of all things, a 13th century poet and Sufi mystic, albeit one of the most famous – Rumi. Even after 800 years, his poems are familiar to many in the Persian-speaking world, namely Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan and Azerbaijan.
The reason for the commotion, which, of course is mainly unfolding on the Internet, is two-fold. For one thing, Hollywood plans to film the life of the esteemed poet. And Leonardo DiCaprio is being considered for the main role, screenwriter David Fanzoni (Oscar winner for Gladiator ) disclosed to the media.
100s of Manuscripts Smuggled From Afghanistan Each Year
Publishers on Wednesday said that hundreds of valuable and historical manuscripts are being smuggled from Afghanistan every year and are being sold in markets around the world.
According to local publishers, during more than four decades of war, many of Afghanistan’s manuscripts have been smuggled to EU countries and Arab and Asian markets.
The publishers said that some of these manuscripts, which are sold in Turkey, India, Pakistan and Iranian markets, are printed abroad and then sent to Afghanistan at higher prices.
An example of this is the smuggling of a copy of Rumi s Masnavi with Behzad calligraphy and miniature painting, which was printed in Konya after being smuggled from Afghanistan to Turkey, and now the copies are sold for up to 200,000 Afs in Kabul (The Masnavi, or Masnavi-ye-Ma navi, also written Mathnawi, or Mathnavi, is an extensive poem written in Persian by Jalal al-Din Muhammad Balkhi, also known as Rum