# Ari Honarvar

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DISCOVER THE JOY FACTOR! Foster Well-Being Using the Art of Summoning Joy with Expert Ari Honarvar

 Discover the Joy Factor! Boost your mental health and improve your resilience through the practice of summoning joy. The negativity bias—the natural, protective tendency for a bad experience to take more of our attention than good or neutral experiences—prevents us from learning from and embracing…

S5:E33.Gary Gach chats with Julia Chiapella

What do the Sufis, Zen Buddhists, and Catholics have in common? Listen in and find out as Gary Gach brings the poetry of Persian poet Hafiz to The Hive! We talk about the new book, Hafiz's Little Book of Life, he and translation collaborator Erfan Mojib have put together with a forward by Ari Honar…

EP 265 — YaHuMa: Meeting The Invisible

Have you ever encountered a real polymath? Meet YaHuMa, a uniquely gifted man whose skills span the worlds of martial arts, poetry, music, Shamanism and art, in this very spiritual Living 4D conversation. View and enjoy YaHuMa’s artwork at his website. Timestamps YaHuMa’s name = Divine spirit mind…

296--Bookin' w/ Ari Honarvar

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Ari Honarvar, who discusses her novel A Girl Called Rumi, which is published by our friends at Forest Avenue Press.  Topics of discussion include refugee advocacy, Colorado, growing up in a war-torn region, the conflict between Israe…

Episode 181: Gary Gach & Ari Honarvar - Hafiz's Book of Life

Gary Gach and Ari Honarvar, authors of Hafiz's Little Book of Life and A Girl Called Rumi, share the wisdom and poetry of Rumi and Hafiz. Gary Gach is an author, translator, editor, and Zen teacher. His work has appeared in such publications as The Atlantic, The New Yorker and Yoga Journal, and ha…

Ep 18: Ari Honarvar - Rumi With a View

Bridging Divides Through Art and Connection with Ari Honarvar Ari Honarvar is an award-winning writer, speaker, artist, and peacebuilder. As the founder of Rumi With A View, she uses art, music, and Persian mystical poetry to create healing spaces and build bridges between communities divided by co…

Season 3, Ep. 11: Ari Honarvar on how art keeps us tethered to freedom

Artist and writer Ari Honarvar weaves the art forms of Sufi poetry and dance for the sake of collective healing. The poetry of her Persian heritage puts her mind at ease, Honarvar explains, while dance is “fuel for resilience.” Woven throughout this interview are Honarvar's breathtaking recitations…

Mysterious Mini 55: Gimme More, Dude

We're now deep into September, and once again Gary and Becca have got a week full of events and an incredible number of new books to talk about!   Events this week: Tuesday, September 21st: Jonathan French, in conversation with Will Damron  Wednesday, September 22nd: Ari Honarvar  Thursday, Septemb…

What Bomb Can Touch the Human Spirit? Discussing War, Peace, and Nonviolence with Ari Honarvar

In this episode of Peace is Power , Janessa Gans Wilder speaks with Ari Honarvar, an Iranian-American writer, artist, and founder of Rumi With a View. Ari reflects on growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War, where women’s freedoms were stripped away, and fear became…

Episode 244 — Imani Bashir and Ari Honarvar on the Intersection of the War

On Episode 244 of The Qasim Rashid Show: I sat down with Iranian scholar Ari Honarvar and activist Imani Bashir to examine the intersection of the ongoing illegal war against Iran and the genocide funded by the U.S. in Palestine. We discussed Imani's firsthand observations from occupied Palestine—i…