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    The Kite Runner takes place in Afghanistan‚ where conflict between the Sunni-Muslim Pashtun’s and the Shiite Hazara’s is very heavy. But this rivalry is not against only the Shiite Hazara’s‚ but it includes all kinds of the Hazara people‚ including minorities of Sunni Hazara and Ismaili Shia Hazara. In 1747 when Afghanistan was originally founded‚ Pashtun had the vast majority of the state. It wasn’t until the Hazaras immigrated to Kabul in the second half of the twentieth century‚ that their religious

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    The Kite Runner: Character logs: Amir: Narrator Mother dies giving birth to him in 1963 Aches for his mother Pashtun Sunni Rich by Afghanistan standards First word “Baba” Seeking love and acceptance from his father Baba In awe of his father Good at reciting poetry Avid reader Bad at sports Selfish Sometimes wishes Rahim Khan was his father Has a master-servant relationship with Hassan His belief in God: When Hassan catches the Kite‚ Amir is shocked saying‚ “And my god – if he

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    the same powerful effect it has on the reader. Despite the differences in social classes between Amir and Hassan‚ they still loved each other‚ no matter what happened at the end of the day. As shown by Assef’s beliefs which were shared by much of Afghanistan‚ Amir and Hassan had a rare relationship. Even though society frowned upon their relationship‚ they were still friends. This goes to show that by the author defining characters by their stereotypes and making it such a big part of their personality

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    ability to continue to persevere towards their freedom. Women must endure much injustice in patriarchal Afghan society. In Thousand Splendid Suns‚ the book takes place in warfare. War is what destroys the soul of women in Afghanistan. War leads to women being oppressed in Afghanistan socially‚ culturally‚ and politically. The women in the novel are seen as oppressed yet hopeful. Socially Mariam and Laila are faced with oppression publicly in streets‚ abused‚ and didn’t receive an education. In

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    flee. They spend their new lives in California‚ and Amir starts a career as an author. Even though Amir thinks that he has escaped his past. He still cannot leave the memory of Hassan behind him. Setting The story uses two main settings. One is Afghanistan and the other is California. We could also say that the story is divided into three sections: the

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    The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseini‚ follows the maturation of Amir‚ a male from Afghanistan who needs to find his way in the world as he realizes that his own belief system is not that of his dominant culture. Set in Afghanistan and the United States‚ The Kite Runner is abildungsroman that illustrates the similarities as well as the differences between the two countries and the two vastly different cultures. It is the story of both fathers and sons and friends and brothers‚ and it is a novel about

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    Pakistan and Uzbekistan. Relations between the two states were established when the republic of Uzbekistan became independent following the collapse of the USSR‚ the relations between the two countries were initially strained by the situation in Afghanistan which both countries border as they supported different factions Afghan factions. However relations improved after the fall of the Taliban‚ both countries seeking to improve relations for the sake of trade‚ Pakistan wishing to gain access to Central

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    away. Afghanistan had gone overnight from a monarchy to a republic. Tired of listening to the radio news‚ Amir and Hassan went to climb their favourite tree. On the way‚ a young "sociopath" named Assef and his friends confronted them. He taunted Hassan for being a Hazara; Assef also had a habit of taunting Ali‚ whom he called Babalu. He praised Hitler and then said that he wanted to finish what Hitler started and rid Afghanistan of Hazaras. He called Amir and Baba "a disgrace to Afghanistan" for taking

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    DIIS REPORT 2013:06 DIIS REPORT DIIS REPORT TALIBAN TALKS PAST‚ PRESENT AND PROSPECTS FOR THE US‚ AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN Edited by Mona K. Sheikh & Maja T. J. Greenwood DIIS REPORT 2013:06 DIIS . DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 1 DIIS REPORT 2013:06 © Copenhagen 2013‚ the author and DIIS Danish Institute for International Studies‚ DIIS Strandgade 56‚ DK-1401 Copenhagen‚ Denmark Ph: +45 32 69 87 87 Fax: +45 32 69 87 00 E-mail: diis@diis.dk Web: www.diis.dk

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    the source country‚ Afghanistan. As minority Shiites‚ Hazaras’ current persecution is borne out of an unresolved‚ century-old religious and ethnic hatred of them. This has resulted in massacres‚ dispossession of their lands and decades of institutionalised discrimination. Their persecution was fiercely reignited during the civil war and by the Taliban in the 1990s. Understanding that history is critical to policy-making. Not only are Hazaras dying on boats‚ but also in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Australia

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