Mohammed Zahir Shah

A Thousand Splendid Suns The story A Thousand Splendid Suns is set in Afghanistan late 1960 to early 2000’s during the fall of the soviets and the rise of the brutal Taliban. The novel follows the two main characters Laila and Mariam which follow their trials of life as a woman in Kabul. It begins with a young Mariam, who is forced into a marriage with a much older man. Mariam spends the next couple of years, having miscarriage after miscarriage and dealing with violent beatings at the hand of…

adventurers serving as soldiers. Through excellence in service and skill they eventually rose to powerful positions. In 962 the town and fortress of Ghazna was seized. Persian rule disappear. The twenty year reign of Alp Arslan’s son, Sultan Malik-Shah, saw the greatest expansion of Seljuk power. Civil administration under the Persian minister Nizam al-Mulk has been praised by Christian and Muslim historians alike. Nizam al-Mulk also established the Iqta’ military land holding system where…

Changing Afghanistan Politics and its Role in The Kite Runner The landlocked country of Afghanistan, rich with power stricken history and brutality, is enduring a continuous shift of power. The Kite Runner, a novel written by Khaled Hosseini in 2003, portrays the Afghanistan lifestyle as it experiences constant political turmoil and the force of power and politics molding the Afghanistan lifestyle. The novel is told from Amir’s point of view as he experiences a guilt ridden life filled with his…