On World Storytelling Day, the Idries Shah Foundation is celebrating the eternal appeal and exploits of the incomparable, incredible and inimitable folk legend, Mulla Nasrudin.
On World Storytelling Day, the Idries Shah Foundation is celebrating the eternal appeal and exploits of the incomparable, incredible and inimitable folk legend, Mulla Nasrudin.
‘In many Islamic countries, the Sufi outlook is increasingly under threat.’ ISF is working to renew this ancient tradition.
Dr Mohammad Farid Bazger has overseen the distribution of hundreds of thousands of illustrated storybooks to children in Afghanistan, many of them traditional tales collected by Idries Shah.
Dr Mohammad Farid Bazger has overseen the distribution of hundreds of thousands of illustrated storybooks to children in Afghanistan, many of them traditional tales collected by Idries Shah.
Get a 40% discount on a new paperback or hardback copy of The Sufis direct from the Idries Shah Foundation during July only.
Get a 40% discount on a new paperback or hardback copy of The Sufis direct from the Idries Shah Foundation during July only.
For over 40 years, Shah collected and published centuries of Sufi literature, and offered an interpretation of this invaluable resource uniquely framed for our time
‘These stories…nurture a part of the mind that is unreachable in more direct ways…’
– Robert Ornstein, Professor of Psychology, Stanford University
You can read all our translations for free on our website. We are working to reseed the material Idries Shah drew upon from the Islamic world
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