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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
For Children and Adults of All Ages
By Zoe Butler
The story in this book is practically an antidote to all the ills of the modern world and an enabler to all that is good about the indomitable human spirit.Like Fatima, the girl in this story, children have so many setbacks, so many disappointments and so many obstacles; they are tricked and bullied and worse. This story shows how the very worst of experiences make us what we are constantly becoming; rich and complicated and profoundly beautiful human beings.But this is no Pollyanna-esque fantasy offering false hope or justifying harshness and brutality. Of course these things are to be railed against and prevented or mitigated with all the powers we possess. But as in the story of Pandora, hope always remains at the bottom of everyone's box of troubles.Parents will find in this so practical story, with its emphasis on skills and crafts and disciplines, an answer to the child's perennial question of "But why do I have to learn to do this?" So often nowadays there is an emphasis on giving children freedom of choice - the so called 'person-centred approach' - but stories like Fatima the Spinner and the Tent show the limitations of this freedom. While it would be foolish to return to the old school curriculum with its emphasis on dead languages and dry pedantry and discipline this story shows how certain practical skills, though seemingly soon outgrown, can lay a foundation for adaptability in later life.This adaptability has proved to be of vital importance. Studies have shown that adaptable people are, like Fatima, more likely to survive disasters such as ship wrecks or kidnapping or loss of health or employment or homelessness or even acts of terrorism. People who specialise too early can freeze or panic in a crisis, lacking the necessary life skills that a more varied upbringing can bestow. This contrasts the 'Eastern' type of education with its extended family and traveling with the more 'Western' kind with the emphasis on division of labour and fixed curriculum and early specialisation. Both have their merits. However, both can learn from each other and books like this can help to fill in gaps in the Western method just because children are naturally adaptive and have good imaginations. Too much of our Western education can cramp their style but these books by Idries Shah can work through a child's imagination so that they do not have to go through the experiences that Fatima has. They will see the world, as it were, through 'Eastern eyes' and be more adaptable as a result.This story is also an alternative to watered down 'New Age' panaceas; such as 'The Law of Attraction' that is doing the rounds right now. Instead of reducing spirituality to a catch-phrase it introduces the concept of providence in a gentle and non-didactic way. Although writing from a traditional Sufi point of view, Shah is careful not to load the story with anything like sanctimonious preaching, preferring that the reader's soul is enriched by the experience and that we all find our own way. That is what real spirituality is all about.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
She marries a handsome Prince and is happy with her children about her
By T.C.
Evocative colours and drawings illustrate this story. Fatima sets out with her father, a successful spinner, on a sea voyage to the Islands of the Middle Sea. He has business there. She dreams of finding a handsome husband. They are ship wrecked. Fatima is cast up near Alexandria- alone. This is the first of three disasters. Each time Fatima manages to settle herself, learning a new skill in the process, catastrophe overtakes her. Wrecked a final time, she finds herself in China before the Chinese Emperor, who asks if she can make a tent. In her enforced wandering, her sojourns in new countries with new people, she has mastered rope making, cloth making and mast making. She thinks of all the tents she has seen on her travels and makes The Chinese Emperor a tent. The Emperor offers her, her heart's fulfilment. She chooses to remain in China: marries a handsome prince and is happy thereafter with her children about her: her horrible experiences the means of her happiness. Fatima realises this. Interesting, that she must go from place to place to find the skills that are useful to her, that the experiences are so jolting, so seemingly disruptive. Fatima is brave too. Every time her hopes are dashed she is positive in her changed circumstances; takes advantage of what is on offer. A skill in itself; one anybody would like to learn, the earlier the better.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Girl constructs new tent technology and saves an empire!
By R.S.
An excellent tale.For me it essentially illustrates how we can recover from all kinds of set backs, whether we are children or adults, and how the learning of a number of apparently unrelated skills can ultimately enable us to respond to life's challenges in a more inventive way, than we would have been able to otherwise.It is, of course, far more romantic and engaging, especially with its illustrations, than any synopsis can convey. I'd recommend it to young and old.

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