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Title	:	Destination Mecca
Author	:	Idries Shah
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 131 pages
Published	:	March 2007
Categories	:	Religion. Islam. Cultural. Greece

Destination Mecca Paperback | Pages: 131 pages

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In 1950 Idries Shah began a quest to observe and record some of the East’s most unusual people and places. His aristocratic Afghan family and openness to experience helped him access extraordinary people and places throughout the Middle East and Central Asia. Shah met with the Kings of Saudi Arabia and Jordan, the secret Imam of the “New Arabian Knights” and the son of the Mahdi of the Sudan. He served as a sorcerer’s apprentice and travelled with cigarette smugglers and locust hunters. He visited King Solomon’s lost mines, the Rock of Paradise and a hidden city carved from living rock. More than an armchair travel book or record of the East in the 1950’s, Destination Mecca provides an atmosphere and a feel and background information that can help us better understand the Middle East of today. It may even awaken an impulse to follow your heart, enrich your life and learn from it. Highly recommended.

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Original Title:	Destination Mecca
ISBN:	0900860138 (ISBN13: 9780900860133)

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A beautiful new edition of a book, first published some 60 years ago, of the author's travels in the middle east and north Africa. He was the ideal traveller, being accepted by a huge range of characters, from kings to cigarette smugglers and fighters for Pashtun independence. Perhaps the most extraordinary incident was when he was interviewed for the role of Caliph in a restored Caliphate. Which emphasises that his visits and concerns have become increasingly important today.

Bowled over by it when I first read it circa 1980. I was in Algeria - briefly. Have read some of it on line... see ISF publishing. Pointers to the future. Should have ordered the new edition ages ago... going to order.

As a travel writer Im instantly drawn to stories about adventurous journeys that are also packed with astute cultural observations. I particularly love some of the older school travelogues written at a time when far fewer people ventured abroad. Idries Shahs Destination Mecca is definitely one of those books. Its a great tale of intrigue that takes place in the mid-20th century Middle East. Although Shah, hailing originally from Afghanistan, has the fresh eye of a foreigner he is still familiar

I found this multifaceted book to be absolutely fascinating. It recounts the authors adventures as he travels through a series of exotic Eastern countries from Egypt, to Ethiopia, to Jordan, to Sudan, to Afghanistan as a young man. The fact that these journeys took place decades ago adds immeasurably to the appeal, as were treated to tantalizing glimpses of what these cultures were like before the homogenizing ravages of Disney, McDonalds and mass media and we learn a great deal about a lot

A travelogue like few others, Shah strews his sharp perceptions about humanity and culture as he weaves through the East. This early book also hints at the author's power and capacities, and his ability to survey our condition no matter where or when he is.



A beautiful new edition of a book, first published some 60 years ago, of the author's travels in the middle east and north Africa. He was the ideal traveller, being accepted by a huge range of characters, from kings to cigarette smugglers and fighters for Pashtun independence. Perhaps the most extraordinary incident was when he was seemingly interviewed by some mysterious and influential people for the role of Caliph in a restored Caliphate. So though written some time ago, there is much