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For registration information, please contact the Open Center,
or phone: 212-219-2527, Ext. 2 or Ext. 0

To become a sponsor of the conference and for general information about the conference speakers, Ibn Arabi and Rumi, please contact the Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society.

The Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society was founded in 1977 to promote a greater understanding of the work of Ibn 'Arabi and his followers. It is an international association with headquarters in Oxford, England and a branch in Berkeley, California. Mystic, philosopher, poet, sage, Ibn 'Arabi is one of the world's great spiritual teachers. Ibn 'Arabi was born in Murcia, Al-Andalus, in 1165 and his writings had an immense impact throughout the Islamic world and beyond. The universal ideas underlying his thought are of immediate relevance today.

The New York Open Center is the largest urban center of holistic learning and world culture in the U.S. Since 1984, more than 250,000 have come through its doors to find educational programs and cultural events that expand the mind and spirit, and to hear fresh alternative voices on matters of perennial concern. In addition, it has become a platform for the world’s most accomplished writers, scholars, activists and visionaries, including spiritual teachers such as Karen Armstrong, Thich Nhat Hanh, Cornel West, Robert Thurman and many others.