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1986	Peshawar City

REVIEWS & YOUR INPUT

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Writing in my house in Dhuma Gali (before computers).
The pen and the rabab (in the embroidered case against the wall)...
Wah, wah, those were the days... weren't they?

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Noor Khan		19-Feb-2010 13:11
Wa aleikum'asalaam, Der manana grana wrora. Yes, how (sometimes) painfully true! Pekhawar zama der yadeegee ou zama der ziot meena kum!

Guest		18-Feb-2010 20:50
Assalam-alaikum---I am deeply moved by your patriotism which is reflected in this book.Your book gives us a ride through Peshawar streets .Well done it is a great effort.I am a pathan and from Peshawar.I can imagine that even u r located physically in US but mentally u r still in Peshawar.All the best n take care

Noor Khan		31-Oct-2009 00:40
Sorry. At present these 6 sample chapters are all that are edited and formatted. The full book should be available on Amazon, or through this site by Dec 2009, Insh'Allah. SOON!

David Nye		25-Oct-2009 15:53
Dear Mr. Noor Khan, Salaam, and thank you for sharing this amazing story. Your voice is very unique. I'd very much appreciate your sending me the password so I that can read on, and please let me know when it is available in print. I am a bookseller and would love to make it available to my customers.

sharjeel zeb		01-Sep-2009 14:58
Salam Noor Khan wrora, password required asap. My impatience should spell it all out :)

Guest		04-Jul-2009 14:58
Hello Mr. Noor Khan, This is an incredible story. The few chapters here are captivating. What happens in between???? (I can only guess). Great writing style. Much info and insite into life in Pakistan. Not dry facts and boring 'travel guide' stye. PLEASE contact me when it is in print. I want to read more!!!

Lost...		13-Apr-2009 11:32
Assalam-o-Alaikum, i left all my work in the bank and read your story till this page, just in few hours. i couldn't stop reading it. when i took my eyes off for a moment, i couldnt believe that i am not there physically! (and that i am here in UAE)..i know i did wrong to read it during the working hours, but i think i needed something Pakistani as i feel too too home sick....your description for the whole area is very accurate and gives you the correct details...it relates to so so many things in me,n my culture of pushtoons, the place where i have grown up and want to go back.i myself have driven just to khyber agency as being a girl i was not allowed to explore the world like you. at this point i can read futher because banking timings are going to be finished,so please i will be waiting at home to get the password through my mailing address so that i can read the whole story...

zyziza		10-Mar-2009 10:51
Salam Noor Mohammad Khan! Nice to see You at work.

burnt		12-Feb-2009 20:01
amazing yet tragic love story..ur description about the places u visited is so vivid..it takes the reader along with u...i wished u had a better ending with nasreen..or u at least knew whether she actually was as conniving as the incidents and turn of events in bajaur portrays her to be.. really liked kit n sam both in the last chap...wish u had written more of ur time with them..

burnt		08-Feb-2009 22:36
there couldn't have been a better amalgamation of love,adventure,passion, and tragedy...great work!!!

burnt		07-Feb-2009 15:34
Mr Noor Khan...ur love for Pakistan, Islam n the ppl of pakistan is imminent in ur story..n ur write beautifully..u really know how to involve the reader..i read all accessible chapters in one night tomorrow..and haven't stopped thinking about urz and nasreen's story..it is bewitching i would say...kindly send me the password so i can access the 2nd part..

Prof. Johnny		05-Jan-2009 22:46
Dear Mr Noor Mohammad Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with us,. and for the password. I have been with you in Pakistan in such a wonderful way reading your work. I think I even developed some blisters and saddle sores along your way! Written with such an interesting perspective into the culture and lives of ordinary people. A joy to read, and also very informative on the local culture. And your photo galleries go along with it all so well. Let me know when it is in print!

Jaya		31-Dec-2008 19:40
So totally engrossed inyour wonderful story I found it be accident seaching for lifes of dancing girls and fab photos plsese can i have pass work thanks you fo writing this

Professor Johnny		30-Dec-2008 16:36
Dear Mr. Noor Mohammad I came across your wonderful story while searching for information on Pakistan Tribal Areas. Your story take one there in such an incredible way. I have been in Pakistan, and Peshawar, and this explains so much I never knew. Such an inside view. I am also completely hooked on your tale, and your wonderful discriptions of Pakistan, and life in Pakistan. Please send me you password.

ZAHID NISAR		27-Dec-2008 17:16
PLEASE GIE ME THE PASSWORD BRO.... I CANNOT SURVIVE NOT READING THE FULL STORY... ITS AWSOME

Guest		13-Dec-2008 03:58
Great story. I rank this amongst my all time favorite books. I'm a vivacious reader, my library consisting of over 2,000 books and I am being truthful when I say that this is the best story I have read since I last read the travels of Ibn Battuta over 2 years ago. Thanks you so much for making this available here. I look forward to seeing the printed version when it is published. Let me know, I will definately buy it. Thanks again.

Tenerezza		12-Dec-2008 10:32
Salam Noor Khan! I got totally hooked on to this story.. would you mind giving me the password? I would love to go on reading.. Does the story have a happy ending?? Sorry, I am way to curious.. :-)

Friend of Friend		01-Dec-2008 23:51
Is this really a true story of your life in Pakistan? True or not, it is amazing. I liked the style of the novel, its publicistic, rather journalistic genre due to which, I daresay, the novel is more than somewhat belles-lettres. It can be called also a novel of everyday life because of its substantial describing of people in their usual existence. I've never found anything such comprehensive about life in Pakinstan before. Advantageously, description is given by eyewitness, and is expressed in such a way that a reader feels like it's happening to him-/herself. Really, the involvement effect is strong enough. You live in it as you read it! My attention was also attracted by some definitely good photos. Thank you so much for making this available. When will I be able to buy it in print?

Guest		29-Nov-2008 23:16
I was just doing a search for something on the net (unrelated to your site) and quite simply was drawn right in! I am a person who is curious about other cultures and other countries traditions, religions and life styles. I am pained by the troubles of the world and look kindly upon others from all walks of life, and like to know about their lives. The lady in your story is quite simply a Lady who's life was predetermined by her place of birth. The tenderness you describe for her is touching and yet so heart breaking! She deserved all the happiness you offered her...I found myself hoping so much that you pulled off the miracle you wanted! Your writing is wonderful! I am sure that you have published this somewhere, if not...you most certainly should! To share such a personal story in the unique way you have chosen is so generous of you... and so well written! I feel as if I have been living in Pakistan as I read your story... and living in it in a very deep way that no tourist books come close to knowing or describing. It is simply marvelous to read about the things you saw and did. Thank you for taking me somewhere so current in the world's eye and somewhere so exotic. Thankyou,

bilal		18-Nov-2008 20:40
nice story...how u went through n all..but i cant get more out of it...i cant go on the next part..plz..help me on tat noor..n the password for the gallery..n do u have the pic of her...plz..gimme the later part of the story..illl really appreciate.my id is bilalkhanpathan@hotmail.com

nima_shahid		25-Oct-2008 22:45
Excellent writing, i love the minute detail you give. your novel is simply mesmerizing.

Guest		19-Oct-2008 14:34
Dear Noor Mohammad Khan This is an incredible story and work. You have information about Pakistan and Islam that only a real insider can see. I read alot of books about Afghanistan and Pakistan and I am so amazed at the information you have gathered here in this book. It is more than research, it is LIFE. And the pictures make it so much easier to visulize. They are very well taken. I know you claim to not be an 'academic', but you have inside information I have never seen in any books on the area, and the story is also quiet intriging. To see how these people live from someone who lived with them, as one of them, and not as an observer. Very wonderful indeed. I enjoyed the style of story telling, as if I was right inside your head. Very well written. You have seen things and had experiences we can only imagine, and you have expressed it so well. I hope you get this published as I would love a printed version. Your story would be a great movie. Better story than 'Kite Runner'. It is so much deeper than others I have seen. Thank you for making this available on line, and please inform we when I can buy it in paper copy.

Ash		22-Sep-2008 19:40
Salaam Aleikum again Noor Sahab! I am from India, grew up around Calcutta, India, in a neighborhood so close in look feel and texture to what you portray here that I was immediately transported there in my mind. You writing is brilliant, with a clarity and imagery that speaks so much to us that have lived through such moments of love and anguish, and to others that have not been there - provide the power to transport us there. and I am grateful that you have shared your time and memories with us. I wish you all the best, and hope you keep writing.

greatsoul		20-Sep-2008 13:30
can i hav the password as soon as possible plz?

greatsoul		20-Sep-2008 13:29
done very nice job frnd.i wiould love to se more,

Bina		14-Sep-2008 21:32
This is a great story while i was reading i was really involved in it. i like your style im also spent 15 years of my life in pakistan i never new that all this could happen in pakistan. so did u marry nasreen i cannot wait to read the next 2 chapters of your story. can you please please send me the password as soon as possibl

GHShah		09-Sep-2008 19:12
I am hooked on your story and story telling. I come from a more 'straighter and sedate' Pakistani background then you write of, and I am woman. I love reading about your descriptions of a Pakistani life I only could see from outside and imagin. It is so interesting. Such an adventure, I like all the dialoge and pics. It make me feel I am with you, and in your mind too. May I please get the password?

Abdul Salaam		01-Sep-2008 14:12
Hello Mr Noor. I have finally finished ur book. My God, you have seen the life in Pakistan. I found your journeys and discription of tribal teritories really great. An area much in the news now, and somewhere I have never been, and doubt will ever be able to go. I love all the dialog in your book. It makes one feel they are living it. And you own personal views and opinions. Very informative. Your horsetrip through the Northern Areas is a dream trip, and to read about it in such detail was very good. As we all judge one another, I had always look down on these peoples (sex workers), but you story really humanized them and made me realize they ar people too, and there are good and bad in all. Your love for this lady is so touching, and the insights into her family life and her mind are simply fastinating. And that you mix Islamic insights along with all of this is very interesting. Thank you for taking the time to write it all down and share it for others to read. I hope it becomes published for others to read it. Now days there is so much news from Peshawar, and tribal areas, and Pakistan.

Guest		23-Aug-2008 20:04
What does make us feel admiration for other people's work? Inability to do it ourselves. It's, probably, the main a priori reason for being enchanted by pieces of art - veneration of author's outstanding aptitudes. The novel by Noor Khan is notable for its uncommonness. Both events and the way of depiction are extraordinary. Author's exceptional abilities in expressing feelings and outspeaking thoughts create atmosphere of psychological drama unfolding on the background of skillfully described everyday life. Great detailing and incredible photos contribute to the involvement effect which is amazing! Noor Khan deserves respect not only as a writer. But also as a man. His deeds command profound respect. As an epigraph to the novel could serve Adam Smith's words: "The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it". Besides all, "Some Time On The Frontier" is undoubtedly of cultural, historical and ethnographic value, and must see the light as a published novel.

Dimpi		19-Aug-2008 07:15
Hallo Mr. Noor Khan, There are no words to say how excellent the story is and how brilliently presented. I started reading it accidently, I was not sure that i would complete it. But this story kind of hooked me up. I was so restless till i read it completely. Especially the Horse holiday is so good. Not every on can go on adventures trip. I virtually experenced the trip along with Mr. Noor khan. Very Verrrrrrrrrry nilce story. You too are very kind Mr. Noor khan to reply your readers so promptly and interestingly. Thank you very much for the lovely story.

Ash		14-Aug-2008 16:33
Salam Aleikum Noor sahab! Great story, I read through in one sitting, until 3am in the morning! I stumbled on this site quite by accident, however now I am very intent on knowing how it ends. I hope Nasreen is by your side. As they say, 'You have not lived, until you have loved' and known the pangs and pains that go with it in a million little ways. The sights and sounds that you convey in your writings are so much of the sub-continent, that I am nostalgic and aching to buy a ticket to visit there right now. Please let me know the password so Inshallah, I can know the remainder.

Samy		11-Aug-2008 23:10
So kind of you to s end me password! I greatly enjoyed this book. The story was very interesting, and there was also alot of inside information about custams and ways that most outside people can't see. And some interesting historical info thrown in too. And even the link to song 'Nasreena' at end of chapter 6. You have everything but the smells! Thanks you Noor Khan, All the best good luck

Asadullah		04-Aug-2008 21:23
Mr. Noor Khan, What can I say? This is fantasic! Sorry to take so long to get back. And I thought the first part was great. The second part surpasses it. Thanks so much for the password. I've actually read it a second time, to soak up more details, and also to 'be in Pakistan' (without the discomforts), thru your story telling. So factual, so real, such nice details. Shabash! Very well written. Good luck publissshing. People should be able to purchase thin a store.

Abdul Salaam		03-Aug-2008 00:33
Thank you for posting this (and photos) on your fantasic web site. I am from Pakistan, but I have never been to most of the places you write about. I read alot, especially about Tribal Territories. I have never been in those areas, it is very dangerous, even for Pakistanis (even more so now days). Brother, you have lived and have seen and writen about things most of us can only imagine. And not being born in Pakistan, I find your insites and view very interesting. A great book. It should be published. Please send me the password

Noor Khan		02-Aug-2008 21:25
Thanks Bano, I appreciate your comments. I was hoping that readers would take my 'anti-Pakistan' comments in context with what was going on at the time they were scribed. I hope my love for Pakistan comes through enough to off-set those comments. I had considered editing those comments out, but those feeling seem to be an intergal part of the story. PAKISTAN ZENDABAD!

bano		02-Aug-2008 18:42
I must say your story is unbelievably engrossing - you should seriously get it published! I read a comment somewhere which was along the lines that this is the best piece of work the person had read on FATA and I do agree (well, if we're talking about work that isn't academic in nature). I was able to effortlessly ignore the "stupid dirty country" comments in the two chapters on bajaur because it doesn't feel like you're an outsider/a typical self-centered amreekan.

Samy M		01-Aug-2008 02:36
Noor Khan, This is a great work on Pakistan. I have been living in your story for a few days now, and I am hooked. Please send the password. I need to read the end!!! Thanks for sharing your life and experiences in Pakistan. You saw things even many Pakistanis dont' see.

bluesak		20-Jul-2008 16:05
great story ..plz send me password on come2saqib@yahoo.com

Nuppu		18-Jul-2008 13:52
amazing story,kindly send me password to ziggler2004@yahoo.com

bilalulhaq		16-Jul-2008 05:54
zabardastt jee kia kehnay aap kay.

romy		13-Jul-2008 01:46
Reading your love story interlaced with life seldom glimpsed by Americans....amazing! Your novel takes me to another place and time entirely. I would humbly request your password so I can continue this fascinating journey you have taken me on!

Asadullah		07-Jun-2008 20:02
A great job. You have really let your readers into a world few can imagine or experience. Waiting to read the rest. Why isn't this published? Seems it would sell well. Please send the password. Thanks. ps: have you written anything else?

Anna		07-Jun-2008 19:36
Dear Noor Khan, great work, thanks for sharing it. Keen eye, quick mind, sharp writing style. I enjoyed a lot. Could you, please, send the password to wiskas158@ua.fm Thanks and the best wishes

Amir Wali		04-Jun-2008 00:50
Dear Mr Noor Mohammad Khan, Thank you so much for sharing this intimate story. The 2nd half was even better than the 1st! It took me to a completely other world, and it was very enjoyable experience seeing the places through your eyes. Deep work!

Amir Wali		28-May-2008 16:20
Mr Noor Khan, I have read this much of your story and I congradulate you sir! Very well done indeed. I am from Pakistan but grew up in England. I have read many books written about the area. You have such wonderful details I never see in other books. Usually authors have more katabi (book learned) research and less living life with the people. I find your observations on Pakistan, and Islam (as a convert) very interesting. I like the style. You eat, pray, and sin with the people. You seem more desi, but sometimes with outside views is interesting. What an adventure and wonderfully told sir. Will you please send me the pass word. I will send my email address to your email, if that is alright? Thank you again for sharing your life, and incredible experiences in Pakistan.

ahsan221		27-May-2008 16:39
Dare zabardast story da yar Great novel, this was the 1st one i read completely coz it takes my attentions. Noor plz send the password to ahsan86pk2001@yahoo.com

Guest		25-May-2008 16:01
Great story and telling. I like the diary style. I read a lot of books about this area. This really puts you there with inticate details most people don't seem to ever get! Why isn't it published in paper? Please send me password.

Guest		04-May-2008 11:05
salam noon khan, you have a very good story telling style or writing. Eager to get the password access. thanks,

Eldar Kadymov		29-Apr-2008 13:08
Hey, amigo here I am, where is my password to you gals gallery ? Why did you make a picture of Peshawar's jail and you leaving its grounds as a place for comments ?! Very weird choice, I should say...

Noor Khan		23-Apr-2008 20:42
Bismill'Allah... Be the first. wrombay review oka kena!