Marian Brehmer
Marian Brehmer, born in 1991, studied Iranian Studies and Persian Literature in Berlin, Tehran and Istanbul and has been working as a freelance writer on Islamic culture and mysticism for fifteen years. His articles have appeared in major publications such as The Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung and Parabola Magazine. He loves immersing himself in the wisdom cultures of different geographies and has drawn on Indian, Christian and Sufi spiritual traditions. He is the author of three books, a musician and a cross-cultural traveller. He has been living in Turkey since 2015. His first book Der Schatz unter den Ruinen: Meine Reisen mit Rumi zu den Quellen der Weisheit was published by Herder Verlag in 2022, and his second book Sich den Durst aneignen was published by Corso Verlag in 2023.
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