This Is What I Saw in My Travels

About this book

On thresholds of places.. passersby's tales. Between this book's covers you read no mere narration of geographic journeys, but witness the soul's fusion into God's vast kingdom. Writer Said Salem El-Nasiri opens a window on the world, not as a passing tourist hunting stereotypical images, but as a "seeker of meaning," tracing beauty's footsteps in strangers' faces, in old cities' furrows, and in towering mountains' silence. This work's tone progresses between beginnings' mystery; when you suddenly decide to grab a plane ticket to a country whose language you know not, finding yourself in funny situations making you realize humanity's language is one however tongues differ, and endings' inspiration; when you discover every journey was in essence a journey inward, giving the soul more tolerance and the heart more expanse. From "Downtown" Cairo's din where history's fragrance mingles with book smell at Azbakeya Wall, to the stillness of huts in Serbia's "Zlatibor" rivaling earth's most beautiful spots, the author takes you on a journey.