newspaper, Nasser Yousaf states that Kara Kush provides "a fulfilling reading into the Afghan history, culture, geography and ethnology as the writer takes his readers on a tour de force of the snow–covered mountains, parched deserts, fecund vineyards and orchards, dense woods and dirt tracks of a country at war with a super power." See also The Idries Shah Foundation References External links Official Idries Shah Foundation website 1986 novels Novels set in Afghanistan Afghan culture Stein and Day books Books by Idries Shah