Vocab
Outer garment worn by muslim women which fully covers the body, including a veil that exposes only the eyes.
What is a burqa?
This person is missing a limb.
Who is Tariq?
Laila teaches children in this city.
What is Kabul?
"Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. "
Who is nana?
Cartoon that Mariam wanted to see.
What is Pinocchio?
This is an mythological Arabic creature. However, in the book it is also describe a seizure.
What is a jinn?
Laila's mother
Who is Fariba?
Tariq moves Laila and her children here. Ch.44
Where is Murree, Pir Panjal Pakistan?
"... had learned a fundamental truth about time: Like the accordion on which ___ father sometimes played old Pashto songs, time stretched and contracted depending on ___ absense or presence." Pg.108 fill the blanks
Who is Tariq
What happens to Rasheed's store?
what is an accidental fire?
This is generally defined as a deficiency of precipitation over an extended period of time. It is a natural disaster that occurred in Kabul for 3 years. Ch. 40
What is a drought?
Name the second job Rasheed had after losing his business. Ch.41
What is a kebab restaurant worker?
Aziza was taken here, when Rasheed was struggling to feed the family.
What is an orphanage?
"...the only enemy an Afghan cannot defeat is himself. " pg.136
Who is babi/Hakim/Laila's father?
What kind of business did Hakim wanted to open in America? Pg.150
What is an Afghanistan restaurant?
An honorific title for muslim clergy and mosque leader.
Who is a Mullah?
"...she would be a Volga." Whom is this referring to? Pg.222
Who is Mariam?
Mariam's kolba is located here.
Where is the outskirts of Herat?
"It's all I have to give her, this knowledge, these prayers. They're the only true possession I've ever had." Pg.298
Who is Mariam?
A film that is popular in Kabul.
What is Titanic?
Sister, not biological.
What is Hamshira?
He is military leader who was fundamental in fighting the pro-Soviet force of off Afghanistan. He became Defense minister in 1992 and was assassinated by Al-Qaeda in 2001 ch.49 or pg 171, 166
Who is Ahmad Shah Massoud?
Hakim surprises Laila and Tariq with a trip to see these giant sculptures that are carved into the mountain. Ch.21
What are Buddahs of Bamiyan?
"One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls." Ch. 26
Who is Saib-e-Tabrizi?
Tariq's cousin painted this bird that offended the Taliban.
What are flamingos?