Safia Shah
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Safia Thomas is a British writer, editor, television news producer and member of the Afghan-Indian Shah family.
Safia Shah
Delicatessen and grocery shop, A. Gold.
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Idries Shah
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Idries Shah, also known as Idris Shah, Indries Shah, né Sayed Idries el-Hashimi and by the pen name Arkon Daraul, was an Afghan author, thinker and teacher in the Sufi tradition. Shah wrote over three
Safia Shah
…a humanitarian book project, Kashfi's Children. Safia Nafisa Shah is the daughter of the well-known author and teacher in the Sufi mystical tradition, Idries Shah; the twin sister of writer, journalist and documentary maker, Tahir Shah, and the younger sister of the writer, reporter and documentary filmmaker…
Idries Shah telling a story to his children
Whose Beard? Nasruddin dreamt that he had Satan's beard in his hand. Tugging the hair he cried: "The pain you feel is nothing compared to that which you inflict on the mortals you lead astray." And he gave the beard such a tug that he woke up yelling in agony. Only then did he realise that the beard he held in his hand was his own. — − Idries Shah
The grave of Idries Shah in Brookwood Cemetery
Nobel-prize winner Doris Lessing was profoundly influenced by Shah.