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Tajikistan

Three-Day Conference On Rumi Starts In Tajikistan

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DUSHANBE, September 7, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has opened a three-day international conference in Dushanbe marking the 800th anniversary of the birth of the Persian poet, philosopher, and spiritual leader Mowlana Jalaleddin Rumi.

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September 07, 2007

The conference is sponsored by UNESCO, the Tajik government, and several local and international nongovernmental organizations.

Delegates include philosophers, poets, and historians from 28 countries.

A similar international conference is planned in Tehran from October 28 to October 30.

(RFE/RL's Tajik Service)

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