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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. You meet Mohsen Ramat. He's against the new Taliban rule.
- Michele Levy, Yasmina Khadra, John Cullen
- 2002
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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Jul 26, 2013 · They are: Mohsen Ramat, an educated young man who once wanted to be a diplomat; his beautiful wife, Zunaira, who has had to give up her career as a magistrate because women are no longer allowed to work; Atiq Shaukat, a jailer who guards prisoners who have been sentenced to death; and his wife, Musarrat, who is dying of an unspecified ...
Atiq Shaukat is the protagonist of the novel, though he does not fit the traditional archetype. Atiq is the jailer at a women’s prison in Kabul, and he does not derive satisfaction from his job.
Dec 18, 2007 · Intersecting their world is Atiq, a prison keeper, a man who has sincerely adopted the Taliban ideology and struggles to keep his faith, and his wife, Musarrat, who once rescued Atiq and is now...
Some people live with so much violence and death around them that it has become their normal. Such is life for Taliban supporter Atiq Shaukat, who works as a jailer at Kabul prison. His wife is sick and dying. He thinks of her as a burden and resents the time he has to spend taking care of her.
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In the crowd, Mohsen Ramat, a former intellectual, joins the crowd, feeling exhilarated when one of the stones he throws hits the woman in the head. Atiq visits his former commander in the military, Mirza Shah, who offers to involve Atiq in black-market deals.
