That Morocco is not just another Arab country. It’s a crossroads – between Africa and Europe, and between Arabia and what lies west, beyond the Atlantic. But...’ Ghita said, her voice touched with an...
Most journeys have a clear beginning, but on some the ending is less well-defined. The question is, at what point do you bite your lip and head for home?
It is almost impossible to overemphasize the importance with which ancestry is held in the Middle East and North Africa.
Nothing was really so important to my father as the achievement of selflessness. He rarely mentioned it directly, but tried to guide us to it in a roundabout way.
Stories are a communal currency of humanity.
Venture to a remote corner of a faraway land and, from the moment you get there, every person and every thing becomes an obstacle, designed to entrap you, to stop you proceeding on your way.
As I saw it, a little threatening was a good thing. It kept the men on their toes.
To be selfless, you would give charity anonymously, walj softly on the earth, and look out for others-even total strangers-before you look out for yourself. For the Arab mind, the self is an obstacle,...
There's nothing like a pack of mules to give one a sense of entourage.
The ancient paused for a moment, as if his strength were failing. Yet I sensed that there was more to tell. Looking deep into my eyes, he whispered: 'The Gond kingdoms have fallen, their people live d...
At the last moment, the fish and I exchange a troubled glance. The murrel seems to be demanding an explanation. Alas, I am in no position to start justifying the unusual treatment. What comes next is...
Back at the Chateau Windsor there was a rat-like scratching at the door of my room. Vinod, the youngest servant, came in with a soda water. He placed it next to the bag of toffees. Then he watched me...
Believe, and what was impossible becomes possible what at first was hidden becomes visible.
In the world of the Machiguenga, sadness could be equated with anger, and anger was a perilous emotion, by which a foreigner could lose his life.
Everyone knows that even the best exorcism has to be renewed once in a while.
Explorers like to pretend that they are a select breed of people with iron nerve and an ability to endure terrible hardship.
Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is how a story makes you feel inside.
I had learned years ago never to give original documents to anyone if I could help it.
I take reeds from the river that have been nurtured by fresh water and grown in good soil, and I turn them into baskets, a product that has so many uses. I know how to make baskets from something so s...
In some warped way, having an embalmed body with us made perfect sense.
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