# In Arabian Nights

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- Book: [In Arabian Nights](https://www.bookquiver.com/tahir-shah/in-arabian-nights) ([In Arabian Nights.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/tahir-shah/in-arabian-nights.md))
- Authors: [Tahir Shah](https://www.bookquiver.com/tahir-shah)
- Publisher: Transworld Digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-0704-052-3
- Published: 2009-06-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Shortly after the 2005 London bombings, Tahir Shah was thrown into a Pakistani prison on suspicion of spying for Al-Qaeda. What sustained him during his terrifying, weeks-long ordeal were the stories his father told him as a child in Morocco. Inspired by this, on his return to his adopted homeland he embarked on an adventure worthy of the mythical Arabian Nights , going in search of the stories and storytellers that have nourished this most alluring of countries for centuries. Wandering through the medinas of Fez and Marrakech, criss-crossing the Saharan sands and tasting the hospitality of ordinary Moroccans, he collected a treasury of traditional stories recounted by a vivid and eccentric cast of characters: from master masons who work only at night to Sufi wise men who write for soap operas and Tuareg guides addicted to reality TV. Himself a link in the chain of scholars and teachers who have passed such tales down from father to son, mother to daughter, Shah reveals a world and a way of thinking that most visitors to Morocco barely know exist.