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A little imagination goes a long way in Fes.

Tahir Shah

A little imagination goes a long way in Fes.

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About Tahir Shah

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.