Majid Naini

Majid Naini was born on October 24, 1963 in Isfahan, Iran. Naini earned a B.S. in Electronics Engineering, Master's Degree in Computer Science, and Ph.D. in Computer & Information Science & Technology[1] from University of Pennsylvania.[2]

Naini has been a keynote speaker at over 500 events. In the U.S., he has presented workshops and lectures and spoke at the end of General Assembly at the United Nations on the occasion of Rumi's birthday.[3]

Naini has spoken at the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Johns Hopkins University, Yale University, George Washington University, Rutgers University, Stanford University, UCSD, UCLA, UCSB, Ventura College, Caltech, USC, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, John Carroll University, University of Tennessee, University of New Mexico, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida International University, and Florida Atlantic University. Naini was keynote speaker for Rumi Shine for Peace at James Bridges Theatre at UCLA.[4] For Rumi's 805th birthday, Naini was invited by University of Southern California for their Visions & Voices program in Bovard Auditorium.[5][6] Religious and cultural institutions that have hosted him include the Molana House,[7] IMAN, Kashi Center,[8] Chaplain Associations, Unity Churches, Science of Mind Centers, Milagro Center, and the Museum of Art and Science in Melbourne.

Naini was honored by Florida's capital, Tallahassee, for his talk, "Rumi's Teachings on Global Peace and Harmony" at the Mayor's Summit for Race, Cultural, and Human Relations.[9][10][11] Naini was invited as a keynote speaker at an international conference in Antalya and in Konya in honor of the Year of Rumi.[12] Naini was later also honored to be invited as a keynote speaker by Turkey's government and the Mevlana International Foundation at the grand 737th anniversary of the passing of Rumi (shabe arus) in Konya, Turkey (the most important event honoring Rumi with around 100,000 people from all over the world traveling to Konya to memorialize him).[13]

Naini's book, “The Mysteries of the Universe and Rumi’s Discoveries on the Majestic Path of Love,” contains Naini's own translations from Rumi's original Persian texts.

Naini was chosen by American composer Shawn Crouch[14] to collaborate on a musical work, “The Garden of Paradise,” for which he selected and translated some of Rumi's poetry about love and peace. The ensemble Chanticleer performed this piece five times as part of their "Composer/Our Age" program in Berkeley, Santa Clara, and San Francisco Conservatory of Music in March 2009. Naini has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, Sun-Sentinel, Tallahassee Democrat, Boca News, Penn Gazette, Huffington Post, Tehran Times, Iran Times, Willie Nelson's website, Deepak Chopra's Satellite Radio, Liz Sterling Talk Show, NBC, CNN, ITN Cable TV, Ettellaat, Keyhan Havai, Radio Farhang, Jam-e-Jam International TV, Pars Times, etc.,[15][16][17][18][19] and TV and Radio shows, including a PBS program, *“Iran: A Celebration of Art and Culture” and an 18-part series, “Mysteries of the Universe”. He was featured on the international TV three-part special: Rumi Documentary for The Year Of Rumi (2007 UNESCO).

Naini was honored by a Malaysian magazine for a featured article about him and his work, for the section “The People Whom We Are Most Proud of,” and on the occasion of Rumi's birthday to be invited to write an article which was carried on international flights.[20] For Norooz, Mrs. Anousheh Ansari (astronaut) and Naini were selected from among all the Iranians in America and invited to write a full page article in Iran Times[21]

Naini frequently appears on numerous radio and TV shows, and he has had weekly radio and TV programs on Los Angeles stations about poetry, science, technology, and mysticism.[22]

• Couriel, Jonathan, "Can Rumi Save Us Now?" San Francisco Chronicle; April 1, 2007; pg. E-3[23]
• Nelson, Willie, "Peace Through Love: Thank You Majid Naini"[24]
• Reeves, Linda, "Mystic love - Delray Professor devotes himself to Rumi and Love's connection to God," South Florida Sun - Sentinel; Jul 12, 2002; pg. 3 .
• Pecquet, Julian, "Mayor's Summit Continues," Tallahassee Democrat; Oct. 31, 2006; pg. 1 (front page).
• Pecquet, Julian, "Poet's Message of Peace Resonates at Summit," Tallahassee Democrat; Oct. 31, 2006; pg. B-1.
• H.E. Ambassador Professor Ravan Farhadi Comments[25]
• Pars Times[26]
• Naini, Majid, "Rumi and Global Peace"[27]
• Naini, Majid, "From Molana with Love" Iran Times; March 21, 2008; pg. 12 (full page).
• Chanticleer Press Release[28]
• Naini, Majid, "N-Dimensions, Parallel Realities, and Their Relations to Human Perception and Development," Journal of Integrated Design & Process Science, Vol. 13, No.1, pp. 49–61, Mar 2009.[29]
• Naini, Majid “A new transdisciplinary paradigm in relation to the latest discoveries in science and technology,” Journal of Integrated Systems, Design, and Process Science, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 1–11, Mar 2008[30]
• Iran: A Celebration of Art and Culture - PBS special[31]

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