Immediate Media Release:
OPEN CALL for Dec. 5, 2007
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CALL FOR PRESENTERS FOR A READING OF WORKS ABOUT MEVLANA CELALEDDIN RUMI &
SIR ARTHUR C. CLARKE

DATE: Wednesday, December 5, 2007
TIME: 7:00 to 10:00 PM.

If you wish to be part of the program, please e-mail to: bircanunver@lightmillennium.org.
Deadline for your participation: November 15, 2007

VENUE: The Graduate School and University Center
The City University of New York
ADDRESS: 365 Fifth Avenue,
4th Floor, The Science Center, Room# 4104
New York, NY 10016-4309

"Science and the Arts"
(Please ask or sign in at the Lobby for this title)

- Located at the corner of 34th street and Fifth Avenue, diagonally across from the Empire State Building.E-mail submissions to: bircanunver@lightmillennium.org.
Deadline: November 15, 2007

Light Millennium, in collaboration with The Graduate School, The City University of New York, is organizing a unique program titled, •Two Universal Men,• to celebrate the philosophy and visions of Mevlana Celaleddin RUMI and
Sir Arthur C. CLARKE.

The program will be formed in two parts based on works selected from and inspired by RUMI and CLARKE. Participants may read either from RUMI•s works or from their own work related to RUMI's poetry/philosophy or CLARKE•s work in scientific, technological, and futuristic vision. The original works of the presenters may be published on the Light Millennium's website.

The program will reflect ideas in science and arts through poetic and scientific visions for the purpose of connecting the 13th Century with today, and the future. It will also create a cultural bridge between Eastern and Western worlds, fostering a better understanding and more positive connections and inspirations between them.

The title of the program, •Two Universal Men,• is inspired by an essay, also titled •Two Universal Men•.
http://www.lightmillennium.org/2006_17th/rumi_clarke.htm

Content of the program will be formed by your selected or newly written pieces.

We are also seeking contributing musicians for this program.

Co-Producers: Bircan Ünver & Prof. Sultan Catto
Concept by: Bircan Ünver
Organized by: Light Millennium in collaboration with The Graduate School and University Center - The City University of New York
Language: English

About MEVLANA CELALEDDIN RUMI:

RUMI (1207-1273) was a 13th century poet, jurist, and theologian. Rumi was born in Balkh (then a city of Greater Khorasan in Persia, now part of Afghanistan) and died in Konya (in present day Turkey). He lived most of his life and produced his works under the Seljuk Empire, centered in Konya/Anatolia, Turkey. (Please also see the Light
Millennium•s previous two programs in relation to the 800th Birthday of RUMI>
http://www.lightmillennium.org/events/7th_ann_coverage.html
http://www.lightmillennium.org/lmtv/lmtv_7th_ann_qptv.html

2007 - INTERNATIONAL RUMI YEAR:

The Culture and Tourism Ministry of Turkey declared 2007 as "International Rumi Year" and this declaration was supported by UNESCO in March 2006. This declaration directed the world's attention to Rumi and to the commemoration of his 800th birthday anniversary, which is being celebrated all over the world this year. This program will be the Light Millennium•s third and last chain public event in relation to the 2007 International Rumi Year. However, RUMI•s philosophy will remain as one of the main concepts we will continue to work with in the years to come.

About Sir ARTHUR C. CLARKE
Arthur C. Clarke•s works and authorship have ranged from scientific discovery to science fiction, from technical application to entertainment, and have made a global impact on the lives of present and future generations. Born in Somerset, England on December 16, 1917. In 1998, his lifetime work was recognized by H.M. The Queen when he was honored with a Knighthood. Clarke has been living in Colombo, Sri Lanka since 1956, pursuing anenthusiasm for underwater exploration along that coast and on  the Great Barrier Reef, and pioneers of the Scuba Diving.

Sir Arthur is the innovator of the Communications Satellite with his groundbreaking paper on geostationary satellites, •Extra Terrestrial Relays• which was published in Wireless Word in October 1945. Author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Childhood•s End, The City and The Stars, and the Hugo and Nebula-winning Rendezvous With Rama, Arthur C. Clarke is one of the greatest science fiction writers of the century, and surely the most celebrated science fiction author alive.

His works•over 100 books consisting of novels, short stories and essays•have been read by hundreds of millions all around the world, and many of his visions have come into reality during his lifetime, such as the Communication Satellite, the Cell/Wireless phones, the Internet (Dial F for Frankenstein), NASA Space guards, and many more.

In recent years, he has been largely confined to a wheelchair due to post-polio syndrome, but his output as a writer has continued undiminished.

Sources: "The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke" and The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation. http://www.clarkefoundation.org/acc/biography.php

*Seb-i Arus: Seb means "night" in Persian, Arus means "bride" in Persian. "Seb-i Arus" literally means the "night of the bride" suggesting the wedding night. Mevlana used this phrase for his own death night (on December 17, 1273). He likened the night he would unite with God to a joyful wedding night.

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