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1000 Splendid Suns
WSHS - 1000 Spendid Suns - People and Terms to Know - Long/Tedder
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Koran | the main Islamic book of worship |
| Deh Mazang | the district of Kabul where Laila lived |
| tandoor | a communal cooking oven |
| Bamiyan | the place where the Buddha statues were located |
| Taliban | a group who forbade laughing, singing, and dancing |
| Ghazi Stadium | the place where lawbreakers were put to death |
| Alonya | Tariq's goat |
| harami | a child who is born out of wedlock |
| Shari'ia | a strict code of law forced on Afghani citizens |
| Peshawar | Pakistan city where refugee camps were located |
| Murree | the city where Tariq and Laila worked at a hotel |
| burqa | the clothing worn tom completely cover a woman |
| Herat | the city Jalil lived in; Mariam grew up outside of here |
| Pinocchio | the film Marion wanted to see in Jalil's theater |
| pebbles | they represented Mariam's half siblings |
| Benz | the car Laila was compared to |
| Kabul | the capital city of Afghanistan; Rasheed lives there |
| kolba | a simple house or hut-like structure |
| Titanic City | the dry river bed during the drought |
| Volga | the car Mariam was compared to |
| Aziza | Laila and Tariq's daughter |
| Hamza | the mullah's son - he gave Laila Mariam's inheritance |
| Hasina | Laila's friend; married and moved to Germany |
| Laila | teacher at an orphanage; mother of 3 |
| Babi | he was focused on an education for Laila; blown up |
| Noor | one of Mammy's sons |
| Nana | Mariam's mother; hung herself |
| Massoud | Mammy's hero; leader of resistance to Soviets |
| Abdul Sharif | the man hired by Rasheed to lie about Tariq's death |
| Mariam | she was called a harami |
| Tariq | prisoner in Pakistan; drug smuggler |
| Sayeed | owner of hotel; gave Tariq a job |
| Auntie Painter | Laila's Communist teacher |
| Zalmai | Rasheed's son |
| Giti | Laila's friend; blown up by a missile |
| Jalil Khan | the owner of a movie theater |
| Zaman | the director of the orphanage |
| Rasheed | owner of a shoe shop |
| Mammy | Laila's mother; severly depressed |
| Mullah Faizullah | Mariam's childhood teacher and friend |