Countries
The country that occupied Afghanistan in the beginning of the book "A Thousand Splendid Suns."
What is the Soviet Union?
Punishment for Adultery under Sharia Law
What is being stoned to death?
The "Clumsy little Harami."(4)
Who is Mariam?
Conservative countries stance on domestic violence
What is privacy/not our business what a man does in his own home?
In the middle east this gender must provide and protect the family
What is a man?
A prince from this country helped Malala Yousafzai get the medical help she needed by lending his private plane.
What is the UAE?
2 Hadd crimes
What is murder, theft, adultery, robbery, intoxication, defamation, or making war on islam.
Laila's children's' names
Who are Aziza and Zalmai?
"her...is her permission(for marriage)"-Hadith
What is silence?
"Say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their zeenah, except what appear thereof; that they should draw their khimar (veils) over their bosoms and not display their zeenah except to their...
Who are husbands and family?
The book, "A Thousand Splendid Suns", initially took place here.
What is Afghanistan?
There is no distinction between religious and...laws
What is Secular?
The amount of miscarriages' Mariam had
What is 7?
Women can go out alone, where hijabs, and be independent in a more...Muslim culture
The wife's responsibility
What is housekeeping and caring for the family?
"Laila was struck blind. 'Where? Where will you go[Tariq]?"(181).
What is Pakistan?
Steps of beating your wife according to Sharia Law
What is 1. Telling her what she did wrong 2. Stop sleeping with her 3. Then you can hit her without leaving a mark or hurting her.
In a court room 1 man is equal to...
What is 2 women?
A conservative covering of the face, "it was strange seeing the world through a mesh screen...the loss of her peripheral vision was unnerving."(72).
What is a Burqa?
What is honor?
A very liberal country in the middle east, known for its huge cities, and richness.
What is the UAE?
3 types of crimes in Sharia Law
What are Hadd, tazir, and Qesas crimes?
The age of Laila when she married Rasheed
What is 15 years old?
"I am your husband now, and it now falls on me to guard not only your honor but ours...I ask that you avoid leaving this house without my company."(223). This is an example of...Muslim culture
What is conservative?
"Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them." They guard their modesty from...
Who are impure women?