the crossroads of the strategically important regions of South Asia‚ Central Asia and Western Asia‚ Pakistan has a 1‚046-kilometre (650 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east‚ Afghanistan to the west and north‚ Iranto the southwest and China in the far northeast. It is separated fromTajikistan by Afghanistan’s narrow Wakhan Corridor in the north‚ and also shares a marine border with Oman. The territory of modern Pakistan was home
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compound’s director‚ Ms. Weera. She has a nice personality‚ Shauzia is a very good storyteller‚ and tells all the children about her adventures of keeping the wolves away from the sheep late at night. The setting in the book takes place in Afghanistan‚ Kabul‚ the streets of Peshawar‚ and also a Pakistani refugee camp which is owned by Mrs. Weera. Shauzia is sick of her life in the camp‚ and runs away one night‚ finding herself in the large mud city of Pakistan. Dressing herself as a boy‚ Shauzia
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can easily note the differences in culture among the different ethnic groups in various aspects such as dress‚ food‚ and religion‚ especially where pre-Islamic customs differ from Islamic practices. The ancient civilizations of India and eastern Afghanistan as well as significant influences of Persia‚ Turkestan and Hellenistic Greece are seen in the culture and society of Pakistan. The society of Pakistan is relatively diverse and it presents a picture of a largely multilingual and multicultural
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Upon seizing power‚ the Taliban not only prohibited women and girls from school but also banished women from the work force‚ the Taliban’s gender apartheid was effective in stripping women from visibility‚ voice and mobility. Female employed was at its highest during the Soviet invasion and the numbers decreased when the Mujahidin factions were fighting for control‚ however it came down to being virtually nonexistent when the Taliban took over. Women were the breadwinners of their families as men
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I was born in the fires of an ancient forge in the hilss of the Hindu Kush. Amid the clatter of hammers and the chatter of Greek‚ I paused on a battered anvil for the final pangs of my creation. Beneath me lay a hardened die bearing the image of my king; atop me pressed another‚ etched with horsemen and some mirror-image words. Then the hammer struck‚ hard and heavy‚ ringing out the news of my nativity. With each belo the dies dug deeper into my flesh‚ stamping their images as father and mother of
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alley. Amir was too coward to intervene and stand up for his dear friend. Later‚ Amir betrayed Hassan by framing him and forced him to leave their house. These events shaped the rest of the novel as Amir tried to be good again by returning back to Afghanistan and saving Hassan’s son‚ Sohrab from danger. One of the major questions to ask after reading this novel is: To what degree did Amir atone for his sins and gain redemption? Although‚ Amir committed sins that were unforgivable‚ by the end of the novel
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“Can there be peace in the Middle East?” To ask the question of whether there can be peace in the Middle East is an interesting and quite personal question. The question‚ to me has always been a resounding YES‚ as I myself live there and for me there is no option but to answer yes in answer. This particular question though‚ runs deeper than a mere comment‚ and answer it in such a short time‚ we must first look at the problems in general. Oil ! That is what the modern Middle Eastern geopolitics
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Identity Speech 3 mins (3m 10s recommended by teacher) I define in my own words identity as the thing that determines your personality‚ your thinking style and how your react to certain scenarios. Your identity can change many things about yourself‚ but it can be changed itself. Your identity can be greatly changed by many things such as your experiences‚ gender‚ people you know‚ friends you have met‚ your location and religion‚ and finally your education. I will be talking about how gender can
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Thousand Splendid Suns‚ one witnesses the trials and tribulations of two women morphed by circumstance and war. Khaled Hosseini expertly illustrates what it means to search for justice that both Mariam and‚ specifically‚ Laila try to do as women in Afghanistan during a time of war. Through the deaths of loved ones and an abusive marriage‚ Laila comes to realize that she does not always have to rely on herself in order to live by the moral standards and justices she swears by. Laila‚ since birth‚ was
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father’s side. Another misuse of power is shown at different times throughout the book and this misuse of power is with Amir’s childhood enemy Assef. Both of these misuses of power shape the lives of Amir and at some degree the lives of all the Afghanistan people. One of the main abuses of power is that of Amir’s father‚ Baba. Amir and Baba are completely different people and they do not relate at all. When Baba was young‚ he was an athlete that played soccer and was a champion kite fighter. Amir
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