In Arabian nights : A caravan of Moroccan dreams / Tahir Shah
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TextPublication details: New York ; Bantam Dell, c2009Description: 388 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN: 9780553384437Subject(s): SHAH, TAHIR | TRAVEL WRITERS -- MOROCCO -- BIOGRAPHY | MOROCCO -- DESCRIPTION AND TRAVELLOC classification: .S53 2009Summary: 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.
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LRC - Annex | National University - Manila | Fiction | Fiction | FIC .S53 2009 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | c.1 | Available | NULIB000010781 |
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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.
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