English 12 - Part 2: Novel

Abdul Sharif

The one who tells Laila that Tariq died

Commander Ahmad Shah Massoud

Leader who opposes the Soviet occupation and Taliban regime.

Dostum

Uzbek commander. Joined Najibullah’s communist regime after Soviets had left. Joined Hekmatyar.

Hekmatyar

support the Pakistanis and the Hazaras

Aziza

“the cherished one”

Wakil

found to pose as a family member for their flee, but instead betrayed and snitched on them. 

Officer Rahman

the officer that interrogated them. 

Mullah Omar

The Taliban’s leader. Called himself the “Leader of the Faithful”

Najibullah

a communist and a non-believer of Islam.

September 27, 1996

The Taliban came.

The Taliban tortured and got dragged after tying him to a truck. 

Najibullah

Rabia Balkhi Hospital

It’s the only hospital that treats women.

1987

Jalil died from a weak heart.

Zaman

orphanage director.

Alyona

Tariq’s goat from the movie

Salim

Cellmate of Tariq. Stabbed an undecover police officer.

Tariq stayed in

• Nasir Bagh refugee camp

• Prison

• Murree for a year. He was hired as a hotel clerk.

Sayeed

Tariq’s boss in Murree

Ahmad Shah Massoud

killed from a bomb hidden in a video camera

Hamza

Mullah Faizullah’s son

Hamid Karzai

Interim president of Afghanistan

July 2002

The Talibans were driven out of major cities in Afghanistan and went to Pakistan now. No more talibans in Kabul..

Walayat women’s prison

the prison where Mariam went

Naghma

Mariam’s “only friend” in prison.

Quote

one could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.

Tariq’s work

Tariq has found work with a french NGO that fits land mine survivors and amputees with prosthetic limbs.

Afsoon, Khadijan, Nargis

Jalil’s wives

Niloufar and Farhad

Jalil’s daughter and son