Three Cups of Tea — Kiriyama Prize Book
Dot’s Thot: A Book That Inspires
What this book inspires is hope — hope for these distant lands, hope for women in the remotest reaches, hope for ourselves to sow seeds of hope and not despair…and it reminds us how much we are alike in our aspirations for our peoples.
Quote from book jacket:
“Here (in Pakistan and Afghanistan) we drink three cups of tea to do business, the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third, you join our family, and for our family we are prepared to do anything — even die.” ~ Haji Ali, Korphe Village Chief, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan

















