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The Swallows of Kabul is a 2002 novel by Algerian writer Yasmina Khadra. It was originally written and published in French. Plot. Chapter 1. You meet Atiq Shaukat, a jailer for the Taliban. His wife, Musarrat, is very ill and dying. He is late for work and blames it on his wife's illness. He escorts a prostitute to be stoned to death.
- Michele Levy, Yasmina Khadra, John Cullen
- 2002
Musarrat is Atiq's wife and is so sick that he has forgotten how to love her; he feels only resentment at having to take care of her. Musarrat nonetheless loves her husband and when she realizes that he has fallen in love with someone else, devises a plan that will let him escape with his new love.
Musarrat is Atiq’s wife. She is characterized by her perceived failure in this role. Musarrat saved Atiq’s life during the Soviet invasion, nursing him back to health.
Aug 26, 2002 · Atiq's wife, Musarrat, is suffering from an illness no doctor can cure. Yet, the lives of these four people are about to become inexplicably intertwined, through death and imprisonment to passion and extraordinary self-sacrifice.
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Feb 1, 2004 · It tells the story of two couples–Mohsen and Zunaira Ramat, born into the privileged classes of pre-Taliban Afghanistan, and the prison guard Atiq Shaukat and his wife Musarrat, raised in poverty and drawn into the jihad in hopes of bettering their lot in life.
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Atiq goes home and argues with his wife, Musarrat, whom he married following an injury during the war against the Soviet invasion years prior. Musarrat helped Atiq recover from his injuries, and Atiq feels indebted to Musarrat.
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Apr 12, 2005 · The author, Mohammed Moulessehoul, was an Algerian army officer who originally wrote under his wife's name, Yasmina Khadra, to avoid military censorship. Why does he continue to use the feminine penname, although he has retired from the army and now lives in France?
