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Tahir Shah
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1. Being arrested, blindfolded, stripped, and flung into solitary at a Pakistani torture prison.
2. Being given the ‘rubber glove’ treatment on the border of Liberia and Sierra Leone when passing innocently through ‘Blood Diamond’ country.
3. Having dengue fever in the Madre de Dios jungle in Peru. That, along with having stomach problems, no skin on my feet, and worms burrowing out of me.
4. Havi...
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The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca
   3.93 avg rating — 1,163 ratings
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2006
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In Arabian Nights
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2007
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Sorcerer's Apprentice
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1998
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In Search of King Solomon's Mines
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2002
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Trail of Feathers: In Search of the Birdmen of Peru
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2002
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House of the Tiger King
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2004
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Beyond The Devil's Teeth
4.48 avg rating — 23 ratings
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1995
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Travels With Myself
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2011
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The Middle East Bedside Book
by Tahir Shah (Goodreads Author), Tahir 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings
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1991
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Cultural Research: Papers on Regional Cultures and Culture-Mixing
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1993
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“The backstreet cafe in Casablanca was for me a place of mystery, a place with a soul, a place with danger. There was a sense that the safety nets had been cut away, that each citizen walked upon the high wire of this, the real world. I longed not merely to travel through it, but to live in such a city.”
― Tahir Shah, The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca
― Tahir Shah, The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca
“Settling into a new country is like getting used to a new pair of shoes. At first they pinch a little, but you like the way they look, so you carry on. The longer you have them, the more comfortable they become. Until one day without realizing it you reach a glorious plateau. Wearing those shoes is like wearing no shoes at all. The more scuffed they get, the more you love them and the more you can't imagine life without them.”
― Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights
― Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights
“Move to a new country and you quickly see that visiting a place as a tourist, and actually moving there for good, are two very different things.”
― Tahir Shah, Travels With Myself
― Tahir Shah, Travels With Myself
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“Everything can be taken from you in a second, but the human spirit is so strong. War can teach you so much about evil, and so much about good.”
― Zainab Salbi
― Zainab Salbi
“There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.'
No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.”
― Dalai Lama XIV
No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.”
― Dalai Lama XIV
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