Journey to Kabul
This man acts as Amir's strictly professional, cynical driver who slowly begins to respect Amir's mission.
Who is Farid?
Amir uses this heartbreaking term to describe the state of his hometown.
What is destroyed or in ruins?
Before the war forced him onto the streets, Dr. Rasul held this prestigious academic title.
What is a professor?
Alongside a severe lack of food, the children are freezing because the facility entirely lacks this utility.
What is heating?
This is the horrific, predatory reason why a specific Taliban official regularly visits the orphanage.
What is child exploitation?
Farid initially mocks Amir for being an American tourist, but changes his mind when he realizes Amir is trying to rescue a child of this ethnicity.
What is Hazara?
This specific, devastating physical landmark is what Amir notices has replaced the vibrant, bustling shops of his childhood memories.
What is rubble or debris?
Dr. Rasul remembers Sofia Akrami by this specific physical feature, which Amir also shares.
What are her eyes?
This is the specific reason Farid aggressively attacks Zaman before Amir pulls him away.
What is selling children?
This is the impossible trade-off Zaman faces: sacrifice one child to the Taliban, or let the rest face this grim fate.
What is starvation?
Farid warns Amir that in modern Kabul, this resource is more valuable and harder to find than gold.
What is food?
This is the primary reason Amir must wear a fake beard and look down when driving through the city streets.
What is to avoid Taliban scrutiny?
Dr. Rasul shocks Amir by revealing that he used to be a colleague of this deceased family member.
Who is Sofia Akrami? (Amir's mother)
To keep the biting winter wind out of the children's rooms, Zaman has to use this material instead of glass for the windows.
What is plastic?
Amir is devastated to learn that this specific little boy was the most recent child taken by the official.
Who is Sohrab?
This is the city Amir and Farid just traveled from before arriving in the wreckage of Kabul.
What is Peshawar?
While driving through Kabul, Farid points out that the trees are completely gone because people cut them down for this purpose.
What is firewood?
According to Dr. Rasul, Amir's mother taught this specific subject at the university.
What is literature?
This is the total number of orphaned children currently packed into the decaying facility.
What is 250?
To identify the Taliban official later, Zaman tells Amir that the man always wears these distinct accessories, even indoors.
What are sunglasses?