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Tahir Shah Biography

Tahir Shah (Persian: طاهر شاه‎, Gujarati: તાહિર શાહ; né Sayyid Tahir al-Hashimi (Arabic: سيد طاهر الهاشمي); born 16 November 1966) is a British author, journalist and documentary maker of Afghan-Indian descent. He lives in Casablanca, Morocco.

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A man who embarks on a journey must know when to end it.

Ends, Journey, Know, Man, Men

A little imagination goes a long way in Fes.

Imagination, Littles, Long, Way

My father used to say that stories are part of the most precious heritage of mankind.

Father, Heritage, Say, Stories, Used

Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives.

Alternatives, Contemplation, Luxury, Time

Once in a very long time you come across a book that is far, far more than the ink, the glue and the paper, a book that seeps into your blood. With such a book the impact isn't necessarily obvious at first. . . but the more you read it and re-read it, and live with it, and travel with it, the more it speaks to you, and the more you realize that you cannot live without that book. It's then that the wisdom hidden inside, the seed, is passed on.

Across, Blood, Book, Come, Impact, Time

Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is how a story makes you feel inside.

False, Important, Real, Stories, True

The pursuit of illusion is not about studying for prizes, or for study's sake. There's no right or wrong, no pass or fail.

Failing, Pass, Pursuit, Right, Sake, Study

Move to a new country and you quickly see that visiting a place as a tourist, and actually moving there for good, are two very different things.

Country, Good, Moving, Quickly, See, Two

The first rule of an expedition is that everyone should stick together.

Everyone, Firsts, Stick, Sticks, Together

The desert was bad, but nothing could compare with the horrors of a tropical rain forest.

Bad, Desert, Forests, Nothing, Rain

Any man who has ever led an army, an expedition, or a group of Boy Scouts has sadism in his bones.

Army, Boys, Expedition, Led, Man, Men

Once in a very long time you come across a book that is far, far more than the ink, the glue and the paper, a book that seeps into your blood.

Blood, Book, Long

As a travel writer I've specialized in gritty, fearful destinations, the kind of places that make a reader's hair stick on end.

Fear, Hair, Kind, Specialized, Stick, Travel

Back at the Chateau Windsor there was a rat-like scratching at the door of my room. Vinod, the youngest servant, came in with a soda water. He placed it next to the bag of toffees. Then he watched me read. I was used to being observed reading. Sometimes the room would fill like a railway station at rush hour and I would be expected to cure widespread boredom

Bag, Boredom, Doors, Reading, Vinod, Water

Real travel is not about the highlights with which you dazzle your friends once you're home. It's about the loneliness, the solitude, the evenings spent by yourself, pining to be somewhere else. Those are the moments of true value. You feel half proud of them and half ashamed and you hold them to your heart.

Heart, Highlights, Home, Loneliness, Pining, Real

Visit Cape Town and history is never far from your grasp. It lingers in the air, a scent on the breezy, an explanation of circumstance that shaped the Rainbow People. Stroll around the old downtown and it's impossible not to be affected by the trials and tribulations of the struggle. But, in many ways, it is the sense of triumph in the face of such adversity that makes the experience all the more poignant.

Adversity, Air, Downtown, Lingers, Old, Struggle

Enlightenment, and the death which comes before it, is the primary business of Varanasi.

Enlightenment, Primaries, Primary, Varanasi

Respect was one thing. Survival was another. It was important that I kept my priorities in the right order.

Order, Priorities, Respect, Right, Survival

Through bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity.

Bitter, Generosity, Hard Work, Promise, Reward

For me, a journey to Damascus is an amazing hunt from beginning to end, a slice through layers of history in search of treasure.

Hunt, Journey, Slice, Travel, Treasure

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