The Lovers (59 page)
Authors: Rod Nordland
Wadi, Abdul, 306–7
Wafa, Bashir, 7
Wahab, Abdul, 306–7
Waheed, 236–38
Walker, John, 105–6
Wardak, 104, 108
War in Afghanistan, 126–27, 219–20, 265, 284
WAW.
See
Women for Afghan Women
Wazir Akbar Khan, 116, 119, 197, 212
Wedding parties, 24, 26
Western Union, 111, 114–15, 245, 324
n
“Where Are You Going, Mullah Mohammad Jan?”, 209–10
Wiesel, Elie, 136
Wife beating, 57, 258–59, 261–62, 263, 267–68
Wikileaks, 181, 345
n
Wilson, Charlie, 256
Winfrey, Oprah, 80
Women, status of, 5–6, 27, 271–73.
See also
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, 243–44, 257–58, 282–83
father’s choice of husband for daughter, 41–42
history of battle in Afghanistan for women, 56–57, 125–28, 256–58
international commitment to, 276–85
photographing women, 75–77
recruitment of women, 280–82
role of brothers, 24, 41
role of honor, 24, 60, 89–90, 99, 249, 290
social conduct of women, 268–70
social indicators of lack of progress, 282–84
son’s vs. daughter’s value, 50
wives abandoning husbands, 124–25
wives’ names, 11, 316
n
Women for Afghan Women (WAW)
Ali and Zakia’s legal case, 67, 140, 141–43, 147, 154, 168, 169–70, 182, 238
appeals for Zakia to enter, 151
Bibi Aisha’s case, 182, 271
Breshna’s case, 287–88, 294, 296–97, 303
Child Support Center, 343–44
n
donations for Ali and Zakia, 107–8, 114, 115, 152
shelter system, 89, 114, 118
Zakia at Kabul shelter, 163–65, 168, 170, 171–72, 177–79, 185–86
World Bank, 267, 334
n
World Values Network, 80, 112, 136–37
Yakawlang Gorge, 93, 97, 108, 115, 189
Yaqeen, Khadija, 66
Yaqub, Mohammad, 292
Yaqubi, Aimal, 87, 111, 113, 116, 119–20, 130–31
“Your Unkempt Hair” (song), 121
Yousef, 7, 30, 45–46, 79–80
Zahir, Ahmad, 121, 191–93
Zahir Shah, Mohammed, 23, 255–56
Zahra, 93–95, 98–101, 189–90
Zakia
appearance of, 41, 55, 72, 73–74
asylum/refugee options, 106, 232–33, 329
n
American embassy assistance, 106, 113, 119, 130–31, 134, 180–83, 196–97
Iran, 109, 140, 186, 197
Pakistan, 140–41, 197–98, 228
Rwanda plan, 111–12, 113–14, 119–20, 130–32, 134
Tajikistan fiasco, 220–21, 223–25, 227–28
author’s meetings with, 72–77, 97–101, 108, 112–16, 197, 201–2, 239–42
Bamiyan court case, 58–64, 73
at Bamiyan shelter, 54–56, 62–65, 69, 72–73, 74–75, 114, 178–79
admittance, 54–55
escape, 1–2, 7, 8–14, 67–68, 70, 135
birth of Ruqia, 235–36
bound for Tajikistan, 212–18
budding love story, 11–13, 27–30, 33–41
celebrity status of, 169–70, 175–77, 179, 199
childhood of, 23–24, 25–27
criminal charges against, 106–7, 111, 131, 134, 142–43, 147, 173–75
criminal charges dropped against, 177, 207, 211–12
family background of, 18–19, 23–24
family vows of honor killing of, 63–65, 72, 89, 123–25, 160–61, 170–72, 231–32
father’s refusal of consent to marriage, 43–44, 52–53, 58–59
financial assistance to, 101–2, 106–7, 185–86, 210–11
in hiding, 17–18, 25, 85–86, 87, 91, 92–104, 108–9, 190–91
Haji and Zahra’s home, 93–95, 94–101, 189–90
holding hands with Ali, 12–13, 16
initial friendship with Ali, 27
in Kabul, 109–21, 123–24, 128–29, 139–40, 148–54, 158–63, 193–208, 210–11, 231–32
kindness of strangers to, 69–70, 105–9, 114–15
lack of surname, 112
map of escape paths, xiv–xv
March–April 2014, 13–18, 67–68, 83, 85–86, 87, 92–104
June 2014, 177–79, 185–91
July–September 2014, 185–91, 193–94
September–October 2014, 226–28
marriage proposal of Ali, 29, 34–35, 42–44
meeting with Ali’s father, Anwar, 49–51, 52–53
neka,
14–16, 87, 170, 173–74, 177–78, 241
New York Times
and, 2–3, 69–70, 74, 80–83, 95–102, 104, 105–6, 108, 179
passport and visa issues, 111–12, 119–20, 193–94, 197–99
phone conversations with Ali, 35–37, 45, 51, 79
photographing of, 75–77
plans to leave Afghanistan, 191, 193–94, 196–200, 206, 208
pregnancy of, 157, 168, 190, 194, 215–16, 232–33, 235
Rastagar’s negotiated settlement, 143–48, 153–54
return to Bamiyan, 179–80
secret courtship and engagement, 35–41, 51–52
self-possession of, 55–56
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
at WAW shelter, 163–65, 168, 170, 171–72, 177–79, 185–86
Zakir, Qari, 60
Zaman (Mohammad Zaman)
arrest of Ali, 165–66
bigamy charges against Ali, 73, 80, 87–88, 91, 144, 166–67, 171
court case and, 59, 60, 62, 63, 66–67, 73, 87–88
criminal charges against Zakia, 171–73
honor of, 90–91, 124–25
in Kabul, 123–24, 144–45, 187
neka
of Zakia, 73, 88, 148, 170, 173
Rastagar’s negotiated settlement, 143–48, 153–54
refusal of consent to marriage of Zakia, 43–44, 52–53, 58–59
retribution against Zakia for dishonoring family, 2, 63–65, 88–89, 123–25, 160–61, 170–73
Zarmeena, 265
Zarnegar Park, 211
Zia, Ahmed, 98–99
Zina. See
Adultery
Zuleikha, 7, 30, 45–46
ROD NORDLAND
is currently a correspondent-at-large for the
New York Times,
working throughout the Middle East and South Asia, but he spent more than three years as the paper’s bureau chief in Kabul. He shared a Pulitzer Prize for reporting in the United States, was a Pulitzer finalist for international reporting, studied as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard, and has received many honors including two George Polk awards and half a dozen Overseas Press Club awards. Nordland has worked for three decades as a foreign correspondent in over 150 countries.
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Cover design by Sara Wood
Cover photograph © by Diego Ibarra Sánchez
Persian and Dari poetry and song translations by Bruce Wannell and Sahar Dowlashahi.
Photographs by Diego Ibarra Sánchez, Mauricio Lima, Andrew Quilty, Jawad Sukhanyar, and Kiana Hayeri
Map by Studio E Genevieve, designer Sisi Zhu
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