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away. Hasina had told Laila, in one of her infrequent serious moments, that it had already been decided that she would marry a
first cousin who was twenty years older than her and owned an auto shop in Lahore. Ive seen him twice, Hasina had said. Both
times he ate with his mouth open.
Getting education Women have always had it hard in this country, Laila, but theyre
probably more free now, under the communists, and have more rights than theyve ever had before, Babi said, always lowering
his voice, aware of how intolerant Mammy was of even remotely positive talk of the communists. But its true, Babi said, its a
good time to be a woman in Afghanistan. And you can take advantage of that, Laila Of course, womens freedom here, he
shook his head ruefully
is also one of the reasons people out there took up arms in the first place.
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Getting education He took over the teaching duties himself. Laila went into his
study every day after sundown, and, as Hekmatyar launched his rockets at Massoud from the southern outskirts of the
city, Babi and she discussed the ghazals of Hafez and the works of the beloved Afghan poet Ustad Khalilullah Khalili.
Babi taught her to derive the quadratic equation, showed her how to factor polynomials and plot parametric curves.
When he was teaching, Babi was transformed. In his element, amid his
books, he looked taller to Laila. His voice seemed to rise from a calmer, deeper place, and he didnt blink nearly as much. Laila
pictured him as he must have been once, erasing his blackboard with graceful swipes, looking over a students shoulder, fatherly
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Being Bond in Its your doing. I know it is, he snarled, advancing on her.
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