About The Book

"Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a traveller." (Bukhari) Who better to teach us how to be in this world than a true traveller? Former nomad and environmental activist, Luqman Nagy, recounts the remarkable lives and practices of the Muslim nomads that he closely experienced, transporting us from the mountains of Central Asia to the deserts of North Africa with his dynamic recollections and hand-drawings of all the tribes that he encountered along the way.

From Nagy's extraordinary encounters, we learn of a resilient, humble, faithful people far removed from our perception of primitive dwellers on the peripheries of civilisation. These nomads are true custodians of the earth, and we have never needed them more than we do now.

About The Author

Luqman was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada. He graduated from the University of British Columbia with graduate degrees in Library Science and Education, and subsequently pursued Middle Eastern language studies at Ankara University (Turkish), Pahlavi (Shiraz) University (Persian), and Umm al-Qur'a University, Makkah (Arabic). Since 1970, he has travelled the length and breadth of Islamic world in search of traditional Muslim societies - including the indigenous nomadic peoples. He has now retired from decades of university lecturing, and currently resides with his family in Turkey and Canada. The author's writing - produced after having lived, worked and travelled in the Islamic world for over half a century - focuses mainly on the rich, cultural and historical heritage of Islamic lands, which provides his subject matter. This can range from a discussion of the region's perpetually-wandering Muslim Nomads, to the remarkable preservation of Muslim identity in post-Reconquista Spain, or to the beauty, compassion and wisdom of Islamic architecture.