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Read our books for free – explore the Idries Shah library HomeAboutAbout The Idries Shah FoundationWho was Idries Shah?Traditional PsychologyWhat is Sufism?Idries Shah BookshopLimited Editions & BundlesThe Idries Shah AnthologySufi Studies and Middle Eastern LiteratureTraditional PsychologyChildren’s BooksUniversity LecturesCurrent and Traditional IdeasThe Mulla Nasrudin CorpusTravel and ExplorationStudies in Minority BeliefsSelected Folktales and Their BackgroundA NovelSociological WorksThe Hundred Tales of WisdomSpanish TranslationsDari TranslationsFarsi TranslationsTurkish TranslationsOur ProjectsPublishingChildren’s BooksMiddle East & Asian TranslationsSpanish TranslationsISF-UNESCO Story CompetitionWorld Tales StoryBankISF TodayOur PodcastsPodcast – Story of The DayPodcast – Practical Psychology for TodayDonateThe Idries Shah FoundationHomeAboutAbout The Idries Shah FoundationWho was Idries Shah?Traditional PsychologyWhat is Sufism?Idries Shah BookshopLimited Editions & BundlesThe Idries Shah AnthologySufi Studies and Middle Eastern LiteratureTraditional PsychologyChildren’s BooksUniversity LecturesCurrent and Traditional IdeasThe Mulla Nasrudin CorpusTravel and ExplorationStudies in Minority BeliefsSelected Folktales and Their BackgroundA NovelSociological WorksThe Hundred Tales of WisdomSpanish TranslationsDari TranslationsFarsi TranslationsTurkish TranslationsOur ProjectsPublishingChildren’s BooksMiddle East & Asian TranslationsSpanish TranslationsISF-UNESCO Story CompetitionWorld Tales StoryBankISF TodayOur PodcastsPodcast – Story of The DayPodcast – Practical Psychology for TodayDonateHomeadmin2022-10-13T13:52:59+00:00‘A beacon of sanity in our age of polarity’*The Idries Shah Foundation is a charity dedicated to publishing and disseminating the works and ideas of the writer and thinker Idries Shah — and to connecting ideas across disciplines, cultures and history to help bring about a deeper insight into human thought and behaviour. Besides publishing, we are also engaged in a wide range of charitable projects, from supporting education in deprived societies to collaborating with UNESCO to promote stories as the essence of culture.More about what we doWho was Idries Shah?ISF and UNESCO*John Zada, Los Angeles Review of Books.The Horrible Dib Dib Halloween Drawing Competition! If you can draw a really scary, dastardly, horrible Dib Dib in time for Halloween, then this is the competition for you! Explore the largest collection of Sufi literature and teaching-stories in the world For over 40 years, Shah collected and published centuries of Sufi literature, and offered an interpretation of this invaluable resource uniquely framed for our time We publish timeless, beautifully-illustrated stories for children ‘These stories…nurture a part of the mind that is unreachable in more direct ways...’ – Robert Ornstein, Professor of Psychology, Stanford University Many of Idries Shah’s seminal works have been translated into Dari, Farsi and Turkish You can read all our translations for free on our website. We are working to reseed the material Idries Shah drew upon from the Islamic world Watch ISF’s UNESCO webinar on the Power of Stories hosted by Saira Shah How do stories affect the mind? A diverse group of educators, scientists, therapists and writers address how stories can help us better understand how we think SPECIAL OFFER50% off Tales of the Dervishes Limited Edition HardbackGet 50% off on our hardback edition of Tales of the Dervishes direct from the Idries Shah Foundation. And remember you can also read the books for free on your tablet or phone via our website wherever you find yourself this autumn.More Buy NowExplore more from the Idries Shah LibraryAll Idries Shah titles are available in hardback, paperback, ebook and as audio books. Recent new editions include a selection of illustrated teaching stories for children and The Idries Shah Anthology. Shah’s ground-breaking works on Sufi Studies and Traditional Psychology, including The Commanding Self, can be purchased as bundles.Explore the Idries Shah LibraryCause and Effect from The SufisFrom the Idries Shah Current and Traditional IdeasRead for free More stories Buy nowThe Sufis by Idries Shah offers the closest thing a written work can to an experience of Sufism — neither emotionalist nor academic.  When it came out in 1964 it was incredibly influential, attracting admirers such as Robert Graves (who wrote the introduction), Ted Hughes and Doris Lessing. It’s the most important modern book written on Sufism and a must-read for any serious student of Sufi thought.The material contained within The Sufis has been applied by psychologists and physicists, school teachers, lawyers, social workers, and by ordinary members of the public.‘Perhaps the best introduction to the body of Shah’s work, the most comprehensively informative.’ New York TimesLatest from The Idries Shah FoundationFind out about our latest projects and exciting publishing initiatives, read our blog – and listen to our popular podcastThe Horrible Dib Dib Halloween Drawing Competition!Turkish Publishing Deal6,000 Dari Books Donated to Afghans in UKPodcast – Practical Psychology for TodayWatch ISF’s UNESCO webinar on the Power of Stories hosted by Saira ShahBlog: How Stories Can Help Exercise Your Child’s Brain by Safia Shah1,000 Books Donated to Children in LAOur Latest Book: The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin in TurkishWatch a new animated version of The Onion read by Safia Shah‘Donate to provide books to Afghan women and girls’ – Saira ShahMeet the Winners of the ISF-UNESCO World Tales Short Story CompetitionAnnouncing the ISF-UNESCO Short Story Competition ShortlistOur ImpactBooks for AfghansWe are distributing copies of our Dari translations to Afghans who have fled Afghanistan. 1,000 copies of our children’s books are being printed in the UK for immediate distribution. And 500 copies of our Nasrudin Dari editions are going to local councils, charities and military bases in the UK and USA.UNESCO CollaborationThousands of children between the ages of 12 and 18 participated in the ISF-UNESCO’s short story competition. The theme ‘Once Upon a Time in My Future…’ drew entries from as far afield as Chile, Iran and Mongolia. The winners won bespoke medals, ipads and copies of our children’s books for their school libraries.Taking Sufi Literature ‘Home’The Idries Shah Foundation is making Idries Shah’s books available to readers in Asia and the Middle East, thereby ‘returning’ them to the societies that birthed much of the material he drew from. They are reaching refugees from Afghanistan and Iran – and now Turkish readers.Donate nowSupport UsExplore the Idries Shah LibraryWisdom of the Idiots by Idries Shah insert_link Thinkers of the East by Idries Shah insert_link Sufi Thought and Action by Idries Shah insert_link Tales of the Dervishes by Idries Shah insert_link The Way of the Sufi by Idries Shah insert_link The Sufis by Idries Shah insert_link Caravan of Dreams by Idries Shah insert_link Must See...Blog: How Stories Can Help Exercise Your Child’s Brain by Safia ShahInterview: Sally Ornstein on GOD 4.0 – ‘Shah’s influence was pivotal’Interview: Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter on why feelings – and data – help us assess riskBlog: Safia Shah on creating children’s books based on her father’s’ amazing storiesInterview: Risk expert David Ropeik on why we’re struggling with society’s complex challengesBlog: Saira Shah on taking her father’s Sufi literature back ‘home’Interview: Lisa Alther bestselling US author on how Shah’s work has impacted her life and writingInterview: James Lovelock Gaia Theorist on the world, the universe and everythingCollaborationsSome of the organisations with which we collaborate and whose work is important in the fields of Literacy, Imagination and the Humanities Stay connected!Our emails keep you up-to-date on our projects, initiatives and the impact we have. 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