The Boy Without a Name

Children's book based on a folktale from the Sufi oral tradition of Afghanistan, retold by Afghan author and sufi philosopher Idries Shah. Watercolor illustrations by Mona Caron, published by Hoopoe/Malor Books, 2000. ISBN 1-883536-20-0

In recent years, this book has has also been made available in a bilingual Spanish/English edition, and a Dari/Pashto edition has been widely distributed to schools in Afghanistan by Hoopoe's "Books For Afghanistan" program (see photos at bottom.)

Front Cover with no text
Front Cover
Back Cover

Sample page

Below, some images of the book in Afghanistan.

A spread from the Afghani edition in Dari and Pashto:

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