The Lovers (57 page)

Hamas, 195–96

Hamdard, Hadiya, 32–33

Hamdard, Rubina, 59, 270

Hamid, Haji Abdul, 93–95, 97–101, 189–90

Hamidi, Samira, 277

Hamilton, Masha, 282

Hanafi, Qazi Nazir Ahmad, 273–76

Hand holding, 12–13, 16

Hasrat, Hussain, 211, 236, 310

Hazarajat, 21, 316
n

Hazaras, 4–5, 13, 21–24, 44, 62, 117–18, 188, 198, 316
n

Hejab
, 161, 327
n

Herat, 185–86, 208–9

Heroin, 159, 220, 225

Hezb-i-Wahdat, 21

Hilton, Robert, 131

HIV, 274

Hoagland, Richard E., 219–20

Homeland Security, U.S. Department of, 182

Honor, 24, 60, 89–90, 99, 249, 290

Honor killings, 127–28, 236, 259

Amina’s case, 65–66

in Arab culture, 127–28, 342
n

Breshna’s case, 287–303

Gul Meena’s case, 60

Safoora’s case, 8

Siddiqa and Khayyam’s case, 61, 319
n

Soheila’s case, 244

Zakia’s case, 63–65, 72, 89, 170–72, 231–32

Horner, Nils, 212–13

Hospitals in Afghanistan, 7, 319
n

Hotel Istiqlol, 221

Humanitarian parole, 111, 181–82, 200

Hussaini, Sayed Sarwar, 297

Hussein, Shah, 157–64

Ibn-Seena Hospital, 162

Ibrahimi, Abdul Aziz, 174–75

“I Don’t Say It” (song), 191, 192

Imam Sahib, 237

Immigration, 106

India, 232

In-Justice
(documentary), 132–33

International Development Law Organization (IDLO), 278–79, 340
n

International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL), 220

International Organization for Migration (IOM), 200

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), 279, 288, 292

International Women of Courage Award, 279, 281

International Women’s Day, 279

Iran

Afghan refugees in, 108–9, 197, 329
n

honor killings in, 127–28

as refugee option for Ali and Zakia, 109, 140, 186, 197

ISIS, 340
n

Islam

honor killings and, 127–28

Sunni vs. Shia, 6, 22, 23, 127–28

Islamic religious police, 99, 264–65

Ismatullah, 245

Ali and Zakia in hiding, 86, 185, 186

Ali in the army and, 152–53

Ali’s budding romance, 40, 52, 53

marriage of, 50, 205

Zakia’s role in household, 242–43

Israel, 80, 137, 195–96

Issaq, 209, 210

Jackson, Michael, 80

Jaghori, 308

Jalal, Faizullah, 261–62

Jalal, Massouda, 261–63, 271–72

Jan, Mohammad, 208–10

Jawad Sukhanyar.
See
Sukhanyar, Jawad

Jawed, 244–45

Jegar,
203

Jihad against women, 253–85.
See also
Women, status of

EVAW law, 259–76

lack of international commitment, 276–85

Qazi Hanafi’s views, 273–76

rape of Breshna, 287–303

recruitment of women, 280–82

social conduct of women, 268–70

social indicators on lack of progress, 282–84

Soviet occupation and Communism, 253–58

spousal abuse, 258–59, 261–63, 267–68

Taliban and, 57, 61, 99, 118, 126–27, 264–65

Western intervention and, 265–68

Joya, Malalai, 266–67, 281–82

Jreeb,
15, 23

Kabir, 95

Kabul, Ali and Zakia in hiding in, 109–21, 123–24, 128–29, 139–40, 148–54, 193–208, 210–11

Kabul International Airport, 129, 193–94, 218, 234

Kabul University, 90, 257

Kagame, Paul, 111–12, 119, 136–37

Kanaana, Sharif, 342
n

Kandahar, 257

Karzai, Hamid

Ali and Zakia’s case, 69–70, 107, 174–76

secret intervention, 179, 211–12

Bibi Aisha’s case, 118

EVAW law and, 260, 263

Gulnaz’s case, 132

lack of interest in women’s rights, 107, 278

Lal Bibi’s case, 82

presidential election of 2014, 149–50, 174–75

Rabbi Shmuley and, 69–70

Karzai, Zeenat, 107

Kazimi, Fatima, 70–77, 116–19

allegations of danger against, 117–19, 130, 134–35, 174

appearance of, 62

bribes paid by Anwar and Ali to, 207

e-mail to journalists about Ali and Zakia, 70–72

exile in Africa and U.S., 2, 134–37, 239, 281

Khadija case, 44

promoting role in case, 81, 116–17, 137, 239, 281

Rabbi Shmuley and, 70, 81, 116, 130, 134–37

Zakia’s family vows of vengeance, 58, 62–65, 118–19, 137

Zakia’s first interview with author, 72–77

Zakia’s shelter escape and, 67, 70, 85–86, 135

Kerry, John, 111

Khadija, 44, 155, 318
n

Khalili, Baba, 15, 173–74, 175

Khaliqi, Shukria, 142–43, 169–75

Ali’s family and, 153–54, 172, 173

convincing Zakia to enter WAW shelter, 162

first meeting with Ali, 142–43

formal request to move case to Kabul, 67

kidnapping charges against Ali, 166–67, 171–72

neka
document of Zakia and Ali, 173–74, 175, 178

petition to move case to family court, 169–70, 172

Rastagar’s negotiated settlement, 147–48, 153–54

Kham-e Bazargan, 93–95, 97–101, 189–90

Kham-e-Kalak, 18–19, 23, 94–95, 124, 143

Khamenei, Ayatollah Ali, 127

Khan, Nadir, 61

Khayyam, 61

Khuda Bakhsh, 65

Khudaidad, 81–82

Khwast-gari,
43

Koh-i-Baba, 22, 93

Koh-Sadat, 14

Koofi, Fawzia, 272–73, 285

Kosher Lust
(Boteach), 81

Kosher Sex
(Boteach), 80

Kunduz, 227, 237–38, 287–303

Kunduz Police Criminal Investigation Division, 165, 292–93, 297

Kushan Empire, 8

Lagzi, Ali, 62

Lal Bibi, 81–82, 154, 270

Landing cards, 220–21

Layla, 26, 45–46, 79, 236–38

Layla and Majnoon
(movie), 26

Leffler, Zoe, 132

Life expectancy in Afghanistan, 246, 284, 333
n

Lima, Mauricio, 72, 75–77, 85, 92

Literacy, 120, 283, 325
n

Love in Afghanistan, 30–33, 45–47, 76–80, 236–38

Loya jirga,
266–67

McCurry, Steve, 75, 321
n

Maftoon, Mir, 39

Mahram,
162–63, 176, 264, 269

Majnoon, 26, 45–46, 79

“Majnoon” (song), 164

Malpas, Clementine, 132–33

Manizha Naderi.
See
Naderi, Manizha

Masoomi, Iqbal, 310, 311

Massoud, Ahmad Shah, 21

Meena, Gul, 60, 154

Mellbin, Franz-Michael, 283–84

Mina, 303–4

Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Suppression of Vice, 99, 264–65

Ministry of Interior, 85, 142, 165, 166, 171, 172, 212, 280, 281, 323
n

Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MoWA), 70, 118, 174–75, 263, 268, 271

Mirajuddin, 124–25

Moein, 141, 164

Mohammad, Assadullah Sher, 132–33

Mohammad, Maulawi Faiz, 291–92

Mohammad, Niaz, 97, 247, 248, 270

Mohammad, Taj, 304–6

Mohammad Ali.
See
Ali

Mohammad Anwar.
See
Anwar

Mohammadi, Abdul Ali, 302–3

Mohammad Zaman.
See
Zaman

Momin, Abdul, 304

Moore, Roxann, 105–6

Motley, Kimberley, 344
n

Breshna’s case, 294, 297–98, 299, 302

Gulnaz’s case, 133–34

Naghma’s case, 305

Mousawi, Zahra, 176

Movies, 26, 30

Mubaligh, Asif, 62

Mujadeddi, Sibghatullah, 266

Munira, 46–47

Naderi, Manizha

Ali and Zakia’s case, 140, 141–42, 170, 173–74, 186, 231–32

honor killings, 89, 231–32

nephew’s case, 148

on rape of children, 345
n

Naderi, Nastoh, 118

Nadir Khan, 126

Naghma, 305–6

Najibullah, 124

Namoos,
90

Nangarhari, Latif, 100

Nasim, Najia, 217–18

National Geographic,
75

National Public Radio, 87

Nawdeh Hotqol, 309

Nayak Bazaar, 92–93, 96, 98, 103, 190

Neka,
14–16, 42, 173–74, 175, 177–78, 241

Mullah Baba Khalili and, 15, 173–74, 175

of Soheila, 246

Zaman’s charges, 73, 88, 148, 170, 173

New Design Café, 197, 200, 201, 206

New York Times,
xvii, 2–3, 69–70, 80–81, 82–83, 85, 86–87, 91–92, 95–102, 108, 116–17, 132, 143, 144, 149, 172, 174–76, 277, 323

Nezam, 295–96

Nezami Ganjavi, 79, 318
n

Niazi, Qudsia, 176, 178, 261, 297

Niaz Mohammad, 97, 247, 248, 270

Night of the Lovers
(radio program), 31–33, 236, 317
n

Nomad, Rahim, 197

Noori, Ahmad Zia, 318–19
n

Noorin TV, 118

North-West Frontier Provinces, 326–27
n

Obama, Barack, 277, 340
n

Obama, Michelle, 279

Othello, 127

Paghman gang rapes, 302

Pakistan

Afghan refugees in, 197–98

honor killings, 127, 326–27
n