The Clever Sheikh of the Butanand Other Stories hajj & umrah Muslims know him as the

Muslims know him as the 'evil whisperer' and have special defences against him

Through many setbacks and wrong turns

eating at a mouth-watering potluck

as the most authentic work of its genre

Author: Naielah Ackbarali

The Clever Sheikh of the Butanand Other Stories hajj & umrah Muslims know him as thePaperback Sudan, the largest country on the vast African continent, barely hovers on the edges of Western awareness. But hidden away is a sonorous ancient culture, passed on through generations of storytellers and oral historians, through songs and a rich tradition of folk tales. Ali Lutfi spent his childhood on Sudan's White Nile listening to the stories of servant women and others descended from slaves. The legends and tales of these grandmothers