English Kite Runner Research Facts
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 where do Hazara people live | Mazar-i-sharif |
| what was one major cause of the Hazara Massacre | they're shia not suni |
| why did the Taliban attack on August 8, 1998 | they wanted revenge fro the Hazara when they attacked earlier on |
| the taliban entered mazar-i-sharif to confront shia laws on | may 25, 1997 |
| the taliban ordered a ___ to find Hazara men | door to door search |
| thousands suffered from starvation because the taliban ____ so no one could escape | barricaded the country |
| ___ thousand people died in the end of the massacre | 4-8 |
| mujahideen | group of loosely associated guerrilla fighters to fight off soviet invaders |
| taliban | a radical sect of the mujahideen |
| truman doctrine | proclaimed the commitment of the u.s.to stop westward expansion of communism into europe |
| Zbigniew Brzezinski | national security adviser to president carter, executed directive from carter to fund the mujahideen |
| charlie wilson | texas congressmen, key player in operation cyclone |
| operation cyclone | code name of CIA mission to provide weapons, training, and money to the mujahideen |
| why did the u.s. fund the mujahideen | they didn't want communism to spread so they funded them to fight against the soviets |
| how has funding affected the u.s. positively and negatively | the USSR never would have fallen, and helped stop the spread of communism. the mujahideen came back to fight against the u.s. with the funding |
| cold war | economic competition between the communist world between the soviet union and the u.s. |
| who is the most famous profit of the islamic religion | muhammad |
| what is the islamic sacred city | mecca |
| two basic beliefs of all muslims | the quran is the official word of allah. prophets and all messangers. |
| who wrote the qur'an | allah/muhammad |
| 2 of the 5 pillars | pray five times a day. fast during ramadan |
| percent of the world occupied by muslims | 20% |
| holiday similar to american new year | al hijara |
| holiday celebrated world wide as a commemoration of abrahams willingness to sacrifice his son | ed-al-adah |
| __% teachers were women, __% were students in kabul | 70%, 50% |
| the ___ stated that the right to work is an "inalienable right of all human beings" | constitution of 1980 |
| professions of many afghan women | teachers, doctors, engineers, nurses, politicians |
| marriage rights of women | they would chose their partner and divorce |
| taliban stated that restrictions were to restore the chasteness and ___ of women | dignity |
| after the age of __ girls werent allowed to be educated | 8 |
| women were forced to quit their ___, though many served an important role | jobs |
| females wer required to have male___ if they were to be examined by a male doctor | escort |
| one major rule of taliban on women | cant wear heals or white colored shoes |
| two articles in the afghanistan constitution that state women's rights toward education | 43 and 44 |
| the ___ helps spread the word in kabul of women judges | afghan women judges association |
| afghanistan has the 2nd highest aternal morality rate in world, each pregnant afghan faces a ___ risk of dying from complications | 1:8 |
| on ___ women got together and created afghan women's bill of rights which stated that women will.... | september 5, 2003 |
| this bill was presented to president___ and minster of women's affars ____ | hamid karzai, habiba sarabi |
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