The backstreet cafe in Casablanca was for me a place of mystery, a place with a soul, a place with danger. There was a sense that the safety nets had been cut away, that each citizen walked upon the high wire of this, the real world. I longed not merely to travel through it, but to live in such a city.
Tahir ShahUsually, there is nothing more pleasing that returning to a place where you have endured hardship.
Tahir ShahIt is almost impossible to overemphasize the importance with which ancestry is held in the Middle East and North Africa.
Tahir ShahThe forest did not tolerate frailty of body or mind. Show your weakness, and it would consume you without hesitation.
Tahir ShahI felt sure we could gain the upper hand by putting ourselves in the mindset of the Incas.
Tahir Shah