Kabul

Baba was always popular, he always had a multitude of friends, and even when he wasn’t with them, he still had Amir. The thought of Baba not only being gone, but being alone, breaks Amir. For some people, the worst thing for them is being alone. Due to what is known about Baba’s personality, he was most likely one of those people. Always making new friends and remembering the old, Baba was a well-known, well-respected businessman who was very charitable and brave. Even as a child, Amir’s father…

The AFOSI website is organized just like any other official Air Force website. There are tabs at the top for Photos, New, Library, Units, Questions, and such. There is also a latest new box with articles relating to Air Force topics such as Happy 68th Birthday Air Force and National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. There is a box with just AFOSI Highlights that have to deal with specifically AFOSI like joining AFOSI and an anonymous tip line. The tip line brings you to a form you can fill out with…

Lone Survivor Analysis In 2014 “Lone Survivor” the movie released. This movie is based on of the true story of what happened to four United States Navy Seals during operation Redwing. This movie is one of the best of all time, because of how well sound, colors, and camera angles are used to add effect to the movie. These three elements help you understand the situation more, along with getting a better perspective on what the characters are actually feeling (Lone Survivor). In the very…

Amir and Assef in the beginning seem to be two different characters and personalities. Amir comes from a wealthy, high status, and pashtun family; having servants and social prestige. Assef is a half german Pashtun who is power hungry and unlike other boys. Assef has blonde hair and blue eyes significantly making him different than all the other boys, Hosseini does this to make him stand out. In the first section, Hassan is shooting a “one eyed German Shepherd” with his slingshot. This is…

Afghanistan is currently in a very rough situation. The Taliban ruled over Afghanistan amongst other countries in the Middle East, but recently the US kicked them out of power and they hid. Afghanistan is now being ruled by a president, but the government is very corrupt. The GDP per capita of Afghanistan is the highest out of all countries and remains a third world country. The people living in Afghanistan live in extreme poverty and are in fear of being bombed, shot, or murdered on a daily…

In “Beyond the Burqa”, Zuhra Bahman states that people prefer the traditional justice system. To begin with, over 80 percent of people from the Afghan culture would be partial to the traditional justice system. According to the author,” …These customs are extremely hard to change as most Afghan people and institutions either passively endorse or actively follow them” (Bahman 325). This means that during the Taliban era people would prefer the traditional justice system just because it is…

I just finished reading your novel The Swallows of Kabul. Upon reading it, I found that I was able to connect with the plot and characters in a way that allowed me to extract a deeper meaning of the text. Although the text ultimately gave me a deeper understanding of the Islamic culture, some parts of the text made me angry, while other parts surprised me. I also established a connection between this text and another text I read in the past, as they both had some parallelism in the plot line…

tribe represented about 400,000 people in eastern Afghanistan. The Shinwari tribe also pledged to send at least one military-age male in each family to the Afghan Army or the police in the event of a Taliban attack. The American commanders agreed to channel one million dollars in development projects directly to the tribal leaders and bypass the local Afghan government, believe to be corrupt. “The Taliban have been trying to destroy our tribe, and they are taking money from us, and they are…

Once the Taliban came to rule, all social aspects of life drastically changed for the women in Afghanistan. Women had the freedom to dress and present themselves according to their liking. Women dressed themselves wearing high heels, skirts that showed their bare legs, and freely styles hair and makeup. They could leave their house to go where they wanted, like any person should be able to do. Horia Mosadiq, and Afghan women, was a young girl at the time of Russia’s invasion in Afghanistan.…

“The sole equality on earth, is death.” - Philip James Bailey The struggle towards equality has always been a form of conflict within society. Several factors may interfere with this becoming of equality, examples being the dispute between races, gender roles, and wealthiness - in this case being Pashtuns and Hazaras. To demonstrate this inconvenience, we can visualize two boys from The Kite Runner; Amir and Hassan (referring to them at their younger age). Visualizing these boys throughout the…