In Arabian nights : A caravan of Moroccan dreams /
Shah, Tahir.
In Arabian nights : A caravan of Moroccan dreams / Tahir Shah - New York : Bantam Books, c2009 - 388 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
In this entertaining jewel of a book, Tahir Shah sets off across Morocco on a bold new adventure worthy of the mythical Arabian Nights. As he wends his way through the labyrinthine medinas of Fez and Marrakech, traverses the Sahara sands, and samples the hospitality of ordinary Moroccans, Tahir collects a dazzling treasury of traditional wisdom stories, gleaned from the heritage of A Thousand and One Nights, which open the doors to layers of culture most visitors hardly realize exist. From master masons who labor only at night to Sufi wise men who write for soap operas, In Arabian Nights takes us on an unforgettable, offbeat, and utterly enchanted journey.
9780553384437
SHAH, TAHIR
FIC .S53 2009
In Arabian nights : A caravan of Moroccan dreams / Tahir Shah - New York : Bantam Books, c2009 - 388 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
In this entertaining jewel of a book, Tahir Shah sets off across Morocco on a bold new adventure worthy of the mythical Arabian Nights. As he wends his way through the labyrinthine medinas of Fez and Marrakech, traverses the Sahara sands, and samples the hospitality of ordinary Moroccans, Tahir collects a dazzling treasury of traditional wisdom stories, gleaned from the heritage of A Thousand and One Nights, which open the doors to layers of culture most visitors hardly realize exist. From master masons who labor only at night to Sufi wise men who write for soap operas, In Arabian Nights takes us on an unforgettable, offbeat, and utterly enchanted journey.
9780553384437
SHAH, TAHIR
FIC .S53 2009