· Tired of what he describes as his “meager existence” under the wet, grey skies of England, Tahir Shah decides to uproot his wife and young children and move to Morocco, chronicling their experience in The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca. Shah purchases the Caliph’s house (Dar Khalifa) in Casablanca, a dilapidated home, empty for ten years and situated on the edge of a 4/5. · The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca. Paperback – Illustrated, Dec 26 by. Tahir Shah (Author) › Visit Amazon's Tahir Shah page. Find all the books, read about the author and more. search results for this author. Tahir Shah (Author) out of 5 stars/5(). · The Caliph’s House: A Year in Casablanca by Tahir Shah. Published by Bantam, Genre/s: Memoir, Travel. Where it takes place: Casablanca, Morocco. Purchase The Caliph’s House via IndieBound or bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 5 mins.
Shah recounts the process in his 10th book of non-fiction, The Caliph's House. He'd only the slenderest of connections to Morocco, remembering it fondly from childhood holidays spent there. That Tahir Shah decided to uproot his family and move to Casablanca from London is not all that surprising. Nor was his idea to buy and put in much needed renovations to the Caliph's House. That he did not go completely insane as the task(s) unfolded, unraveled, did entire s and still was able to come up with a readable prose is amazing. The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca. (6, ratings by Goodreads) Paperback. English. By (author) Tahir Shah. Share. In the tradition of A Year in Provence and Under the Tuscan Sun, acclaimed English travel writer Tahir Shah shares a highly entertaining account of making an exotic dream come true.
bltadwin.ru: The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca () by Shah, Tahir and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. In THE CALIPH'S HOUSE, Tahir Shah tells the story of moving his family (wife and two very young children) from the U.K. to Casablanca and into a dilapidated, rambling old house and compound (rumored to once have been the residence of a caliph), which he then spends a year restoring. Tahir Shah wrote The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca based upon his own life events. It's the second book in a series. Shah himself is the protagonist and omniscient narrator. At the outset he and his wife have a comfortable life in England. Remembering his father's persistent efforts to culture his children in their heritage, he has grown.
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