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Article: The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca.(Book review)
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- March 1, 2006
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The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca by Tahir Shah Doubleday, hb, pp355, 12.99 [pounds sterling]
Courage comes in many forms and defies proper definition. Seldom planned and often impulsive it's frequently undeserving of admiration. However, in Tahir Shah's The Caliph's House, we have an extraordinary tale of exploratory daring, insatiable curiosity and excruciating humour catalysed by the unlikely ingredient of nostalgia for classical Moroccan architecture. Written with tremendous verve, colour, compassion and wisdom, it's a magical story of transformation worthy of the Sultana Scheherazade herself.
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