A Talib's Tale
The Life and Times of a Pashtoon Englishman
Published on 21. December 2021
242 pages
978-1-84774-157-8 (ISBN)
Description
John Butt came to Swat in 1970 as a young man in search of an education he couldn't get from his birthplace in England. He travels around the region, first only with friends from his home country, but as he befriends the locals and starts to learn about their culture and life, he soon finds his heart turning irrevocably Pashtoon.
Containing anecdotes from his life both before and since he shifted to Afghanistan, and with a keen and optimistic attitude towards becoming the best version of himself, John Butt tells a wonderful and heartfelt tale of a man who finds a home in the most unexpected place.
Containing anecdotes from his life both before and since he shifted to Afghanistan, and with a keen and optimistic attitude towards becoming the best version of himself, John Butt tells a wonderful and heartfelt tale of a man who finds a home in the most unexpected place.
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Person
John Mohammed Butt is an Islamic scholar and broadcaster, noted as the first Westerner to graduate from Darul Uloom Deoband.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- I. Lost and Found
- II. Friendship
- III. Yin and Yang
- IV. Talib Farmer
- V. Sectarianism
- VI. A Talib's Trade
- VII. Talib Prisoner
- VIII. Panjpiri Warrior
- IX. Captive Englishman
- X. The Book of Allah
- XI. The Militant Tendency
- XII. Pashtoons in Deoband
- XIII. Sufi Saint
- XIV. Modern Mulla
- XV. Frontier Gandhi
- XVI. From Flower-Power to Dawah-Power
- XVII. Journalism Nursery
- XVIIII. BBC
- XIV. Storyteller
- XX. Battleground of Education
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Index
- Color Plates
