Some Time On the Frontier: A Pakistan Journal - Softcover

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Noor Mohammad Khan is an American convert to Islam (1978 - Kabul, Afghanistan). He lived in Peshawar, Pakistan, from 1982-1992, where he still has a house in the heart of the old city. He grew up playing in rock bands on the Sunset Strip in the late sixties; then taught yoga in Hawaii (Maui) - 1969/70. In 1971 he ran a store selling his own artwork in Los Angeles, he then went to Europe and North Africa. He returned to the United States in 1972 and played with the Velvet Underground out of New Hampshire and New York. In 1975 he journeyed to Afghanistan to study music (rabab) and record musicians. He owned and operated an import-export business selling handicrafts from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir and India, spending two years in Afghanistan between 1975-1979. After some time in Indian Kashmir in 1980 he moved to Peshawar Pakistan, in the Northwest Frontier Province, in the early eighties to start a recording studio for local musicians. In 1988/89 he was involved with The Karakoram Equestrian Expedition, as a translator and chargé d'affaires. With two other American converts, and a Pakistani friend, he made a 1000 mile, five month, horse trip through the Hindu Kush, Hindu Raj, Karakoram, and Himalaya Mountains, from Peshawar, to Chitral, Kalash Valley (Kafiristan), Gilgit, Kaghan, and Azad Kashmir. He currently lives in San Francisco with his Thai wife and son, with occasional visits to Pakistan, and hopes to refurbish his 'antique' house in Peshawar. MORE ABOUT THE AUTHOR: www.pbase.com/noorkhan (includes sample chapters and all photos) & www.flickr.com/photos/noor-khan