Context Flashcards
1
Q
“The 26th year of king zahir shah’s mostly uneventful forty year reign”
A
-Mariam was born in a time of peace in Afghanistan
2
Q
“In the summer of 1973, when Mariam was 14 that king zahir shah…had been overthrown in a bloodless coup”
A
-this turning point in Afghan politics coincides with a turning point in Mariams life.
-the country is gaining freedoms as a republic whilst Mariam is having hers taken away
3
Q
“The women come uncovered, they talk to me directly look me in the eye without shame…it embarresed me frankly to see a man who’s lost control of his wife”
A
-traditional view of Rasheed
-shame is placed on women and they are thought to be covered and controlled
