III. Testimony of Witness
Mohammad Yaya is the father of Mohammad Mostafa. He is 58 years old and he has lived next to a bakery at Cartier 23 in Kabul for approximately 30 years. He is able to read and write. He lives with his wife of more than 35 years, Nazifa, their daughters, Nazila and Mina, his daughter-in-law, Mina, and his granddaughter, Hafnat. Nazila is older than 25 and does not work. His daughter, Mina, is 26 or 27 and she keeps the house. His daughter-in-law, Mina, is illiterate and does not work. Mina lived with her father before marrying Mostafa and moved into the witness’ house after the wedding. Mostafa had always lived in his father’s house.
Mr. Yaya was a soldier 37 years ago. Approximately eleven years ago, he
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Yaya supports his family with income he generates through independent trading at the bazaar. He is able to pay for the family’s daily necessities, but he does not know his monthly income because it varies from month-to-month. He spends 20,000 Afghani per month for food for the family.
Previously, Mr. Yaya supported his family by managing a clothing shop that he owned for approximately one year. Their monthly profit was approximately 30,000 Afghani each month. He sold the shop for 45,000 Afghani after Mostafa began working at Sanpo International because he was not able to manage it himself. He used the money from the sale to cover the household expenses. After Mostafa’s death, the family paid back debts that Mostafa had incurred as a result of his borrowing supplies for the clothing shop.
After selling the shop, the witness borrowed 1,500,000 Afghani from his sister and her son to help cover the family’s expenses. His sister’s husband and son work for foreign companies and they also own land and farms, which also generate
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According to Mr. Yaya, Mostafa was healthy and nice looking. Mostafa finished twelve years of school at about the age of 18 or 19. After finishing school, Mostafa ran the family clothing shop before working for Sanpo. The year before the accident, he married Mina and they had a daughter.
Approximately one year before the occurrence, Hajai Nasir hired Mostafa to work at Sanpo. Sanpo, which is located in Kunduz, provides energy to other companies. Mostafa was a supervisor in the communications department and built communication towers. He received a monthly wage of 20,000 Afghani in cash and Sanpo covered his expenses. According to Mr. Yaya, Mostafa gave his entire salary to the family.
Approximately twice a month, Mostafa traveled for work. During those times, he would be gone for ten days to a month. Mostafa would visit the family once or twice a month and he was last home about two weeks before the accident. When he was home, Mostafa had no activities outside of work and the house.
Mostafa was on Pamir flight 1102 for work with some supplies for a communication tower. He was going to stay at the family’s house while in Kabul. This was the first time that Mostafa had flown from Kunduz to Kabul and he had bought the ticket for the
The family fled from Afghanistan to Pakistan approximately thirty-five years ago during the revolution. Approximately thirteen years ago, the entire family, except for the decedent and their brother, Hakimatta moved back to Afghanistan. The decedent remained in Pakistan because he had two businesses to operate.
In the meantime, he was missing his dear friend like Bechir and Nada.Nada was karim’s girlfriend in Lebanon. He lost her because there was a Civil war in Lebanon. One day in bomb explosion, he lost Nada
(BS-1)Najmah’s father and brother were taken by the Taliban, in spite of losing them, she became very mature and she made a goal to find them instead of grieving about it.
“While my mother hemorrhaged to death during childbirth, Hassan lost his less than a week after he was born. Lost her to a fate most Afghans considered far worse than death: She ran off with a clan of traveling singers and dancers.”
As they reach America at last, Amir’s wife introduces herself to Sohrab sweetly, but he just, “shift[s] on his feet and look[s] away” (358). Sohrab does not say much, do much, or move much at all. Imagery presented in this stage of the journey is quite gloomy, what with Sohrab’s blandly colored clothes, sallow face, and plain room. Amir and his wife seem gloomy as well, as they are always whispering, crying, or wondering what went wrong. The saving grace and the real transformation happens at the celebration of the Afghan’s New Year’s Day. After a day of muteness that has become regular, Amir and Sohrab finally connect through the kite flying contest. This is something to which Amir and Hassan dedicated their lives when they were children. Amir is overwhelmed with joy to see that, “one corner of his mouth had curled up just so. A smile” (370). It seems like nothing, but this truly is a breakthrough with this child. If it were not for Hosseini’s descriptive words that lend to pure joy and elation, the reader would not even realize what a momentous occasion this is. Hope may seem lost when traveling a guilt filled path, but if one’s intentions are honest and efforts are useful, forgiveness will find its way
Ultimately, Mariam and Laila attempt to escape, but fail, which in turn infuriates Rasheed even more. These two women then work together and protect each other, and in due course, kill Rasheed during one of his “ritual” beatings. In the end, Mariam is killed for murdering her husband, and Laila, with her children, Aziza and Zalmai, finds Tariq and marries him; then, together they start their own family. Throughout the course of the story, not only was a passionate, well-written story presented, but also a clear picture of what Afghan culture and its aspects are really like.
Amir’s misadventures begin as a boy living in an affluent Afghanistan world. On the day of his birth, his mother hemorrhages to death. Robbed of any feminine influence or comfort, he goes to his overshadowing Baba for love and acceptance. His father denies his only son the tenderness he desires, leading Amir to believe his father despises him. After all, Amir’s
Jamal’s parents wanted to settle in a place where safety and equality would be presented to the family, especially Bibi and her mother. In Afghanistan, life was not very equal when comparing boys and girls.
Apart from listed above expenses, company also pays for Alexander’s wife’s Internet access, as well as local newspaper subscription for her Dad, one of the company owners.
To impress one’s parents in any culture much less the Afghan culture may be one of the biggest most proud moments of child’s life. Such is true when the boys win the kite running competition. Amir wants nothing more than to impress his father and keep the family name alive and strong. He feels as if this was a way to redeem himself to his father. The importance of family in this situation stands out and demonstrates how much the Afghan culture bases itself on family. It is obvious that Amir believes that nothing is more important than his family. This value of family being first, which he learned at a very young age, and making them the most important figures in one’s life carries with Amir throughout his whole life. He never forgets where his roots are and why they are there. Family was of importance to Amir at a young age and he carried that mentality with him throughout his entire life. The mentality that family comes first does not only apply to
“[take] a couple of the envelopes of cash from the pile of gifts and [his] watch […] [he] [lifts] Hassan’s mattress and [plants] [his] new watch and a handful of Afghani bills under it.” (Hosseini 104).
Arifa began working in Bangladesh's garment factories when she was only ten years old. When she initially began working, Arifa was an assistant and earned just 100 takas a month.
Along with the distinct division of men and women even in America, there was also a class division between Americans and Afghans. While the Americans had all white-collar jobs, Afghans were given the blue-collar jobs, despite some of them being professionals back in their homeland. Amir’s father, once a rich and powerful businessman, was forced to take up odd jobs and transactions to get by. He “sold his Buick and bought a
First, Amir’s relationship with his father, Baba, helped create Amir’s identity. Their intricate relationship often left Amir feeling worthless as if he could not live up to the standards of a Pashtun. This negatively impacted Amir growing up; his values constantly changed as he tried to form a close bond with his father. Baba raised Amir to believe that everyone in Afghanistan had a certain role to play in life, but they should all be treated with respect. Baba’s values made Amir think he had disappointed his father. The high expectations that Baba had for Amir showed that he cared about their reputation. Being the child Amir was, he translated Baba’s hardness as though his father were unhappy to have a child such as Amir. Amir recounts the emotion displayed on his father’s face after an afternoon together; he laments, “Mostly I will never forget Baba’s valiant efforts to conceal the disgusted
And then he stayed more than 2 months in his property , not attending any council , conference or appointment. At that time everybody felt the upcoming danger, and the local currency (the Riyal) started it’s freefall compared to the foreign currencies.