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We’ve started creating animated versions of our popular children’s books and we’re proud to present the first in the series. Watch The Onion and peel away its layers of wisdom!
Watch a new animated version of The Onion read by Safia Shah
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Blog: Safia Shah on creating children’s books based on her father’s’ amazing stories
I am hoping that what I am able to offer is what I received as a child, as the result of these stories: the world viewed temporarily through different eyes.
‘I witnessed pure wonder’ – Children in Afghanistan receive first books
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‘The Idries Shah Foundation is doing a commendable job…’
‘The Idries Shah Foundation is doing a commendable job by sending thousands of books for children in Afghanistan.’
5000 ISF children’s books distributed to Afghan children
Millions of illustrated children’s books written by Idries Shah have been distributed across Afghanistan since 2006 by our friends and partners at Hoopoe Books.
Saira Shah reads her father’s stories to Paris school children at UNESCO cultural event
Award-winning documentary maker Saira Shah was at UNESCO in Paris over the weekend reading some of her father’s stories as part of an international cultural event. Idries Shah wrote the stories for Saira and her siblings when they were young. Now Saira’s helping make them available for children around the world. They’re beautifully illustrated – … Read More