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As the founder of the investment firm Primex World Inc. and the charitable organization Maximum Difference Foundation (MDF), Michael Amin is primarily known as a businessman, and philanthropist, but he is also a pistachio farmer–a vocation his family has undertaken for the previous four generations.
 Under his leadership, Los Angeles-based Primex World has successfully invested in a broad range of industries and market segments, including pistachio orchards, other types of agricultural real estate, and private equities.  Apart from overseeing Primex’s operations, Michael’s other major passion is philanthropy. He has long believed in the importance of giving back to the community, helping others in need, and improving the world around him.  As an ambitious 17-year-old, Michael came to the United States in 1976 to pursue the American Dream, first as a student at Pepperdine University and later as a student at Cal State Northridge, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Bus...

The Works of the Persian Poet and Mystic Rumi Still Resonate, No Matter Who You Are

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Life is messy. We don’t always get everything right, do we? The struggle, the joy, the deep well of longing that we all carry inside—it doesn’t matter where you’re from, how old you are, or what you believe. That’s why I’ve always thought there’s something universal in the words of Rumi , a 13th-century Persian poet and mystic who somehow manages to reach through the centuries and touch people, even now, as if he’s speaking directly to us. I’m not a literary scholar, just a California businessman , but I know when something resonates. And Rumi resonates. Rumi wasn’t simply some ordinary man rambling about love and spirituality from the distant past. On the contrary, his words remain alive and vital even today, cutting through the noise of our modern daily grind, and reminding us of the deep truths we tend to forget as we go about our busy lives. I’ve always thought that reading his work is like watching a beautiful dance from a classically trained ballerina. It’s a graceful weaving tog...