Orientalism Archives

The Problem with the British Museum

The British Museum in London is one of the most visited museums in the world. While it holds the fourth position in terms of annual visitors (4 million in 2022), trailing behind the Louvre in Paris, the Vatican Museums, and the Natural History Museum (London), it is arguably the most significant and influential institution of…

Reading Rumi – The Erasure of Islam from Rumi

Poetry is dead, at least in the West. The Poetry genre barely moves any books each year but one man is an exception – Rumi. But if you have read Rumi in English, chances are high you have read an interpretation of his poetry that has this Muslim saints faith entirely removed.