Ramadan Readathon 2020: Mulla Nasruddin

I'll be focusing on Islamic parables and tales for the Ramadan Readathon coming up this year on April 23 - May 23. You can follow along at Twitter with the hashtag: #RamadanReadathon.

I'm already using the label Islam for stories at this blog, and the stories fall into two basic categories: the stories of Nasruddin (a personal obsession of mine) and stories from Sufi teachers (another long-standing interest). I hope to add many more stories to both of those categories for the Ramadan Readathon.

I also want to write up some blog posts with information about free full-text books online that I'm using, and I'll start with the treasure-trove of Nasruddin stories available online: thanks to the Idries Shah Foundation, all of Idries Shah's Nasruddin books are available as free full-text books online, along with many other books by Shah besides.

Here are Shah's Nasruddin books: The Subtleties of the Inimitable Mulla Nasrudin, The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin, The Pleasantries of the Incredible Mulla Nasrudin, plus The World of Nasrudin.

If you prefer audio, check out the Idries Shah Foundation at YouTube where they have podcasts and audio versions of many books as well.

So, if you are interested in participating in the Ramadan Readathon, I can highly recommend these books along with other books that you will find by Shah at that website: Sufi Studies and Middle Eastern Literature.

... plus many more.