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Talking about both Tahir Shah's The Middle East Bedside Book and Safia Shah's Afghan Caravan, Nobel prize-winning author Doris Lessing writes in The Sufis and Idries Shah: "Both are full of delights; there is a great deal that is surprising; and, as with all books from that source, we are reminded of a generosity and largeness of mind in a culture that once, long ago, gave us the concept of ...
[5] Kirkus Reviews called the book a "sensitively told, eminently fair-minded narrative." [7] Carol Gilbert writes that the book "is a must read for anyone interested in the Middle East, in conflict resolution or just plain drawn to true stories that depict two equally valid but contrasting views of reality."
View inside the Passetto, the secret passage between Vatican City and Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome, Italy. Secret passages, also commonly referred to as hidden passages or secret tunnels, are hidden routes used for stealthy travel, escape, or movement of people and goods. They are sometimes inside buildings leading to secret rooms.
The Secretum Secretorum or Secreta Secretorum (Latin for "secret of secrets"), also known as the Sirr al-Asrar (Arabic: كتاب سر الأسرار, lit. 'The Secret Book of Secrets'), is a treatise which purports to be a letter from Aristotle to his student Alexander the Great on an encyclopedic range of topics, including statecraft, ethics ...
There are plenty of unique places to stay, from treehouses to yurts, but some vacation rentals have a more offbeat amenity: secret rooms and hidden passages. We sleuthed out 26 places in the U.S ...
Friere and Macedo believe that the way women and Iranian society in general are presented in the book can help students come to doubt their perceived sense of national insecurity when it comes to the Middle East. [21] In 2019, the graphic novel was ranked 47th on The Guardian's list of the 100 best books of the 21st century. [35]
Inside, you’ll have a spa, chef's kitchen, and lighthouse views, plus access to a secret game room with a 100-inch screen and projector, wet bar, game table, darts, poker, and vintage radio.
The title refers to Vladimir Nabokov's novel, Lolita, a story about a middle aged man who has a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old pubescent girl. The book Lolita is used by the author as a metaphor for life in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Although the book states that the metaphor is not allegorical (p.