The Lovers (56 page)

passport and visa issues, 111–12, 119–20, 193–94, 197–99

phone conversations with Zakia, 35–37, 45, 79

plans to leave Afghanistan, 191, 193–94, 196–200, 206, 208

Rastagar’s negotiated settlement, 143–48, 153–54

secret courtship and engagement, 35–41, 51–52

in Surkh Dar, 186, 187–89, 191, 233–46, 249–52

in Tajikistan, 220–26

deportation, 226–27

entry, 220–21

Taliban occupation and, 22–23

Ali Ahmad, 23

Allauddin Crossroads, 162–63

Allen, John R., 279, 340
n,
341
n

Al-Qaeda, 22, 265

Alti Gumbad, 288

Amanullah Khan, 126, 128, 256

American Institute of Afghanistan Studies, 127

Amin, Hafizullah, 191–93

Amin, Mohammad, 288–95, 298–301

Amin, Sherzai, 253–55, 258

Amina, 65–66, 96, 155, 320–21
n

Aminullah, 246, 248

Ancient Rome, honor killings in, 127

Anwar (Mohammad Anwar)

Ali and Zakia in hiding, 87, 91, 92, 95–100

debts of, 2, 50, 177–78, 188, 191, 206–7

on family and wife Chaman, 203–6

formally asking Zakia’s father for hand of, 42–44, 51–53

initial meeting with Zakia, 49–51, 52–53

in Kabul, 151–53, 193–94, 200–208, 210–11, 231–32

neka
of Ali and Zakia, 14–16, 87, 175, 177–78

police pursuit of Ali and Zakia, 16, 18

on the run, 161–64, 214–15, 217–18, 220–26

in Surkh Dar, 18–19, 49–53, 233–46, 249–52

Arbakai,
280, 288

Ariana Afghan Airlines, 256

Arman FM Radio, 32

Article 398, 90, 322
n

Army.
See
Afghan National Army

Atifi, Uranus, 65–66

Atmar, Noor Zia, 262, 282

Azhdar village, 17–18, 87, 91

Baad,
82, 127, 192, 246, 248, 263–64, 305

Baadal,
192, 205, 263–64

Badakhshan Province, 39, 212–13

Badam Bagh Prison, 32–33, 132, 268, 317
n,
337–38
n

Bagram Air Base, 149–52, 153

Bahar, Malek o’Shoara, 38–39

Balkh University, 59

Baloch, Babar, 332
n

Bamiyan airfield, xvii, 4, 72, 95, 234

Bamiyan Buddhas, 4–5, 8, 326
n

Bamiyan police, 66, 67

Khadija arrest, 44

pursuit of Ali and Zakia, 16–18, 54, 80, 87, 98, 99, 102, 103, 129, 157

Safoora case, 74

Zakia’s courtroom melee, 62, 63–64

Zakia’s escape from shelter, 85–86, 135

Bamiyan Province Primary Court, 58–64, 324
n

Bamiyan River, 18–19

Bamiyan Valley, 3, 21, 23

Bamiyan Women’s Shelter, 8–9, 54–56, 62–65, 86

Zakia’s escape from, 1–2, 7, 8–14, 67–68, 70, 135

Bamiyan Department of Women’s Rights (DoWA), 71

Bamiyan Independent Human Rights Commission, 71

Band-e-Amir, 18, 92

Barfield, Thomas, 127–28

Bayaz, Jamila, 165–66, 280–82, 341
n

Behishti, Wahidi, 306–7

Bibi, Lal, 81–82, 154, 270

Bibi Aisha, 96–97, 118, 154, 182, 270–71

Bigamy, 73, 80, 87–88, 91, 166–67

Birth dates, 41, 199, 291

Birthrate in Afghanistan, 243, 284, 333
n

Bismillah, 152, 233

Ali and Zakia in hiding, 86, 95– 96, 97–98, 109, 110, 190–91

imploring Ali and Zakia to leave Afghanistan, 241, 242

marriage of, 50, 205

Zakia’s daughter Ruqia and, 236

Zakia’s role in household, 242–43

Blue Flame (restaurant), 176

“B Movie” (song), 125

Booker, Cory, 182–83

Boston University, 127

Boteach, Shmuley, 2, 80–81, 155, 195–96

American government and, 131–32, 180, 181, 182–83, 278

Fatima and, 70, 81, 116

Africa exile, 130, 134–37

interest in Ali and Zakia, 69–70, 80–81, 86–87, 196

Rwanda rescue plan for Ali and Zakia, 111–12, 113–14, 119–20, 130–32, 134, 239

wealthy benefactor of, 136–37

Breshna, 270, 278, 281, 287–303, 343
n,
345
n

Bribes (bribery), 58–59, 112, 175–76, 197–98, 206–7, 212, 219, 224, 331
n

Bride price, 41, 50, 105–6, 126, 147

Brides, legal age of, 41–42, 56, 303–4, 317–18
n,
333
n

Browning, Robert, 3

Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL), 220

Burqa, 24–25, 101, 316–17
n

Bush, George W., 265, 277

Bush, Laura, 277

Cambridge University, 80

Canada, Afghan refugees in, 199–200, 239, 282

Carroll, E. Jean, 106, 111, 114–17

Chaman, 54, 92, 188–89, 203–5, 235–36, 238

Ché, 112–13

Child rape, 345
n

of Breshna, 287–303

Chindawul Hill, 109–10, 123, 128

Christie, Chris, 136

Clinton, Hillary, 276–77, 279, 281

Communism, 126–27, 191–92, 253–58, 266

Corbett, Phil, 86–87

CURE International Hospital, 293–94, 343
n

Curses (cursing), 37, 40

Dara-i-Chasht, 190–91

Dari language, 7, 90, 109, 198

Dashte Archi District, 60–61, 296, 319
n

Daudzai, Mohammad Umer, 211

Death of a Princess
(documentary), 326
n

Debts, 2, 50, 177–78, 188, 191, 206–7, 304–5

Dekhoda,
90

Deobandi Islam, 22

Desdemona, 127

Desertion, 150–51, 317

Development and Support of Women and Children, 244–45

Divorce, 126, 247–48, 254–55, 269

Donkeys, 14, 28

DPK Consulting, 324
n

Dushanbe Airport, 220–21

Dysentery, 128

East Horizon Airlines, xvii, 72, 322
n

Education, 23–24, 25–26, 75, 243–44, 257–58, 282–83

“Elders,” 143–44

Electricity, 4, 35

Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW), 56, 238, 259–76

age of consent, 42, 56–57

Ali and Zakia case, 56–58, 59, 176, 178, 238, 271

Breshna case, 297, 302

criminal penalties, 56–57, 263–64, 267–68

“denial of relationship,” 57, 59, 176, 264

enactment of, 56, 256–57, 272–73

history of, 264–68

Paghman gang rapes, 302

Qazi Hanafi’s views, 273–76

shortcomings of law, 259–63

Elle
(magazine), 106

Empowerment Center for Women, 277

Equality for Peace and Democracy, 277

European Commission, 267

European Union (EU), 132–33, 268, 278

EVAW.
See
Elimination of Violence Against Women

Facebook, 175, 176, 179, 211

Faisal, Samay, 65, 320
n

Farah, 30, 33, 113, 266

Farahi, Zmaryalai, 119, 180–81

Fareed, 95

Farhad, 46–47, 78

Farhad, Jawed, 30–31

Farid, Shahla, 66, 90

Farsi language, 109, 198

Fatima, 285

Fatima Kazimi.
See
Kazimi, Fatima

Feminism, 126–27, 256, 266

Fleming, Douglas, 106

Fly-a-kite program, 120–21

Foladi Valley, 13–14

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, 112

Frogh, Wazhma, 269–70, 279–80, 284, 298–99, 316
n

Gaza Strip, 195–96

Gender inequality in Afghanistan, 5–6, 27, 271–73.
See also
Honor killings; Jihad against women

age of brides, 41–42, 56, 303–4, 317–18
n

bride price, 41, 50, 105–6, 126, 147

divorce, 126, 269

education of girls, 243–44, 257–58, 282–83

father’s choice of husband for daughter, 41–42

history of battle against, 56–57, 125–28, 256–58

international commitment and, 276–85

photographing women, 75–77

role of brothers, 24, 41

role of honor, 24, 60, 89–90, 99, 249, 290

second wives, 202–3, 205

social conduct of women, 268–70

son’s vs. daughter’s value, 50

wives abandoning husbands, 124–25

wives’ names, 11, 316
n

Genghis Khan, 22

Georgetown University, 277

Geyah, Nadera, 288, 290–91, 296

Ghani, Ashraf, 260, 280, 287, 302–3, 345
n

Ghazanfar, Husn Banu, 174–75, 271, 328
n,
336
n

Ghazni Province, 108

Ghorband Valley, 95, 146

Ghutai, Ghul, 192

“Go fly a rule-of-law kite” program, 120–21

Gold, 187–88

Goldberg, Adele, 106

“Gonjeshkak Telayee” (song), 186–87

Goodman, Beth, 106

Great Buddhas of Bamiyan, 4–5, 8, 326
n

Gross, Nasrine, 125, 277

Grossman Burn Center, 182, 329–30
n

Gula, Sharbat, 75, 321
n

Gula Khan

army service of, 33, 34

arrest of Ali in Kabul, 159, 165–66

Bamiyan court case and, 60, 62, 63

criminal charges against Zakia, 171–73

discovery of Zakia’s romance, 36–37

as enforcer of Zakia’s virtue, 37, 53, 62

retribution against Zakia for dishonoring family, 63–65, 88–89, 143, 160–61, 189, 211, 245–46

Gulnaz, 132–34, 268, 293, 327
n

Habib, Bashi, 310

Habibullah Khan, 125

Hadi, Mohammad, 44, 155, 318
n

Hajigak Pass, 234–35