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- ↑ Arif Ali-Shah's brief biography in French (shockwave flash file) [ permanent dead link ] Retrieved on 2008-11-14.
- ↑ Writing credits for Bye Bye Blackbird Retrieved on 2008-11-14.
- ↑ Details of Bye Bye Blackbird at Austrian Film Commission Archived May 31, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2008-11-14.
- ↑ Awards for Bye Bye Blackbird Retrieved on 2008-11-14.
- ↑ Robinson Savary's award for À suivre Retrieved on 2008-11-14.
- ↑ Writing credits for Papelucho y el marciano Retrieved on 2008-11-14.
- ↑ Film-makers Arif Ali-Shah has worked with Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2008-11-14.
- 1 2 Obituary of Idries Shah, The Independent (London) of November 26, 1996.
- ↑ Professor Emeritus Leonard Lewin 'established and, for many years, led study groups under the guidance of Idries Shah, Omar Ali-Shah and Arif Ali-Shah', according to his University of Colorado obituary here Archived 2010-06-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2008-11-14.
