Majid Naini

Majid Naini was born on 24 October 1963. Naini earned a B.S. in Electronics Engineering, Master's Degree in Computer Science, and Ph.D. in Computer & Information Science & Technology[https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=911986 Naini, Seyed Majid Mojtabavi. Design of attribute evaluators and attribute machine. 1985 ACM Digital Library] from University of Pennsylvania."Majid Naini, Attribute Evaluators and Attribute Machines, 1985"
[http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~jean/vita2.pdf CV for Jean H. Gallier (Ph.D. Dissertations Supervised)]

Naini has been a keynote speaker at over 500 events. In the U.S., he has presented workshops and lectures and been an invited keynote speaker at the end of General Assembly at the United Nations on the occasion of Rumi's birthday.{{cite web|url=http://www.naini.net/main.htm|title = Main}}

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 the keynote speaker for Rumi Shine for Peace at the James Bridges Theatre at UCLA.{{cite web|url=http://parstimes.com/gallery/rumi800/|title = Rumi 800 Shine for Peace - UCLA (December 15, 2007)}} For Rumi's 805th birthday, Naini was invited by the University of Southern California for their Visions & Voices program in Bovard Auditorium.{{cite web |url=http://vimeo.com/50739740, |title= Dr. Majid Naini on Vimeo|website=vimeo.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027153654/http://vimeo.com/50739740 |archive-date=2014-10-27}}[http://www.prlog.org/12104707-professor-majid-naini-rumis-birthday-at-usc.jpg Rumi 800 Shine for Peace Poster] Religious and cultural institutions that have hosted him include the Molana House,{{cite web |url=http://www.molanahouse.com/modules/news/ |title=Maulana House - News - Maulana House TV Program - News |access-date=2007-01-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317103845/http://www.molanahouse.com/modules/news/ |archivedate=2007-03-17 }} IMAN, Kashi Center,{{cite web|url=http://www.kashi.org/ |title=Visit Sacred Kashi |publisher=Kashi.org |date=2021-11-25 |access-date=2023-03-04}} Chaplain Associations, Unity Churches, Science of Mind Centers, Milagro Center, and the Museum of Art and Science in Melbourne.{{fact|date=October 2024}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.talgov.com/communications/newsdetail.cfm?id=652 |title=Talgov.com - News Releases |accessdate=2006-11-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110095133/http://www.talgov.com/communications/newsdetail.cfm?id=652 |archivedate=2006-11-10 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.talgov.com/ewd/06-race-relations.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2006-11-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110105830/http://www.talgov.com/ewd/06-race-relations.pdf |archivedate=2006-11-10 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006610310325 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2006-11-05 |archive-date=2007-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927220615/http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006610310325 |url-status=dead }} Naini was invited as a keynote speaker at an international conference in Antalya and in Konya in honor of the Year of Rumi.[http://www.naini.net/year_of_rumi_turkey.pdf Transdisciplinary Design and Process: The George Kozmetsky Way] Conference website 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).{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7B1dEZGWWQ&index=5&list=PLJTLyFNwgOX4WZqMalcC5p45UUlkRQJAP|title = - YouTube|website = YouTube}}

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{{cite web|url=http://shawncrouchmusic.com |title=Shawn Crouch, Composer/Conductor |publisher=Shawncrouchmusic.com |date= |access-date=2023-03-04}} 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, and elsewhere,{{cite web|url=http://www.racematters.org/majidnaini.htm|title = Race Matters | News & fighting inequality}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/01/INGA7OTN521.DTL|title=Can Rumi save us now? / Life and words of the popular 13th-century Persian poet have special meaning for a 21st-century world torn by war, genocide and hatred|first=Jonathan|last=Curiel|date=1 April 2007}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFFlZ16Pl1w|title = Rumi and Global Peace|website = YouTube|date=26 April 2007}}{{cite web |url=http://willienelsonpri.com/peace/92/peace-through-love-2.html |title=Peace through Love | Willie Nelson |access-date=2007-12-01 |archive-date=2008-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725010346/http://willienelsonpri.com/peace/92/peace-through-love-2.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/08/mar/1314.html|title = From Molana (Rumi) with Love}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/92328335/Dr-Majid-Naini-Rumi-s-Birthday-Pezhvak-Malaysian-Magazine|title=Dr. Majid Naini - Rumi's Birthday - Pezhvak Malaysian Magazine | PDF | Rumi | Religious Belief and Doctrine}} 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 the Iran Times.{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/102058418/Dr-Majid-Naini-Iran-Times-Article-Norooz-English-Edition|title=Dr. Majid Naini - Iran Times Article - Norooz English Edition | PDF | Rumi | Religious Belief and Doctrine}}

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.[https://www.facebook.com/drmajidnaini Facebook psot. Majid Naini] {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}

• Couriel, Jonathan, "Can Rumi Save Us Now?", San Francisco Chronicle, 1 April 2007; p. E-3
• Nelson, Willie, "Peace Through Love: Thank You Majid Naini"{{cite web|url=http://willienelsonpri.com/peace/92/peace-through-love-2.html|title=Peace 92|publisher=Willienelsonpri.com|access-date=2023-03-04|archive-date=25 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725010346/http://willienelsonpri.com/peace/92/peace-through-love-2.html|url-status=dead}}
• Reeves, Linda, "Mystic love - Delray Professor devotes himself to Rumi and Love's connection to God", South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 12 July 2002; p. 3 .
• Pecquet, Julian, "Mayor's Summit Continues", Tallahassee Democrat, 31 October 2006; p. 1 (front page).
• Pecquet, Julian, "Poet's Message of Peace Resonates at Summit", Tallahassee Democrat, 31 October 2006; p. B-1.
• H.E. Ambassador Professor Ravan Farhadi Comments{{cite web|url=http://www.naini.net/comments.htm|title=Reader's Comments}}
• Pars Times{{cite web|url=http://www.parstimes.com/gallery/rumi800/|title = Rumi 800 Shine for Peace - UCLA (December 15, 2007)}}
• Naini, Majid, "Rumi and Global Peace"
• Naini, Majid, "From Molana with Love", Iran Times, 21 March 2008; p. 12 (full page).
• Chanticleer Press Release{{cite web |url=http://www.chanticleer.org/200809COMPOSERSOURAGE_PR.htm |title=Composers Our Age |accessdate=2009-03-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315233617/http://chanticleer.org/200809COMPOSERSOURAGE_PR.htm |archivedate=2009-03-15 }}
• 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, March 2009.{{Cite journal|url=http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1609878|title=N-Dimensions, Parallel Realities, and Their Relations to Human Perception and Development|journal=Journal of Integrated Design & Process Science|date=January 2009|volume=13|issue=1|pages=49–61|last1=Naini|first1=Majid M.|last2=Naini|first2=Joan F.}}
• 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, March 2008.{{cite web |url=http://iospress.metapress.com/content/42k3617t71162722 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-12-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508074304/http://iospress.metapress.com/content/42k3617t71162722 |archive-date=2016-05-08 }}
• Iran: A Celebration of Art and Culture - PBS special{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvYeWgUxyjc|title = Rumi's Discoveries on the Majestic Path of Love|website = YouTube| date=4 May 2007 }}

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