Why a Booktrail?
Various times: A man remembers the stories his father would tell him as a boy
In Arabian Nights
What you need to know before your trail
London, 2005 – A series of bombs explode across theLondon underground and on a bus. Shortly after Tahir Shah was thrown into a Pakistani prison on suspicion of spying for Al-Qaeda.
He endured a terrifying, weeks-long ordeal and all he could think about to get through this time were the stories his father told him as a child in Morocco.
Travel Guide
Morrocco
REmembering the stories of a country he never really knew like his father, following his release from prison, Tahir decides to go and explore the city in the stories. A very poignant booktrail and pilgrimage if you like for the memories and the stories his father told him and a way of rediscovering a country so maligned and misunderstood.
He then embarks on an adventure worthy of the mythical Arabian Nights, going in search of the stories and storytellers of this mythical land. Some of the sights visited:
The medinas of Fez and Marrakech
The Sahara
Tahar reveals the link in the chain of scholars and teachers who have passed such tales down from father to son, mother to daughter, and reveals a world and a way of thinking that most visitors to Morocco barely know exist.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: In Arabian Nights
Author/Guide Tahir Shah Destination: Morocco Departure Time: Various
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