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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.
Blog: The Importance of Storytelling for Children
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Aubrey Davis, Canadian Writer and Master Storyteller
We’re sad to announce the passing of ISF’s friend, Aubrey Davis, the Canadian writer and master storyteller.
Winners of The Horrible Dib Dib Halloween Drawing Competition!
We’ve received entries from India and Pakistan, Japan, Germany, the United States. Even Iceland!
The Horrible Dib Dib Halloween Drawing Competition!
If you can draw a really scary, dastardly, horrible Dib Dib in time for Halloween, then this is the competition for you!
Turkish Publishing Deal
We’re delighted to announce a partnership between ISF and dynamic new Turkish publisher, Destek Yapım Prodüksiyon in Istanbul. Destek has ambitious plans for the distribution of our Turkish editions across the Turkish-speaking world, helping to re-seed Shah’s work and ideas in the Islamic world. Destek has created a series of new covers. Here’s the one … Read More
6,000 Dari Books Donated to Afghans in UK
Over the past six months, thanks to your generous support, ISF has distributed 6,000 copies of ISF’s Dari translations – including the Nasrudin titles and our illustrated children’s edition, Speak First and Lose – to Afghan refugees recently arrived in the UK. We have been working with Care4Calais, Bath Welcome Refugees, the Refugee Council, the … Read More
Watch ISF’s UNESCO webinar on the Power of Stories hosted by Saira Shah
How do stories affect the mind? A diverse group of educators, scientists, therapists and writers address how stories can help us better understand how we think
Blog: How Stories Can Help Exercise Your Child’s Brain by Safia Shah
Behind the door of my father’s study was a shelf. On that shelf were three piles, the contents of which were of immense interest to us three children.
1,000 Books Donated to Children in LA
The Idries Shah Foundation is partnering with charities around the world to distribute Idries Shah’s work. Our newest partner is the incredible voluntary organisation in the United States, Access Books. Access provides books to schools and community libraries in Los Angeles, where the majority of students live at or below the poverty line. Since 1999, … Read More
Our Latest Book: The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin in Turkish
Our Turkish translation programme is going full steam ahead — part of our effort to reseed the material Idries Shah drew from the East in the Islamic world.