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The Kite Runner Context
Hazaras
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Kabul's campaign against them and the decades of war have driven many Hazaras away from their traditional heartland
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their identity has remained static and they have not been able to have social mobility as hostility has trapped them in oppression
the most repressed ethnic minority group- suffered severe political, social and economic repression with Hazarajat kept undeveloped
their low socio-economic status has created a class as well as ethnic division between them and the rest of urban Afghan society
60% of Hazaras population wiped out by Abdul Rahman- those against Hazaras feel they pose a direct threat to their community
pashtunisation was a government policy that justified oppression of Hazaras and made them conceal their identities
Response to the novel
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"they never say I'm speaking about things which are untrue, their beef is 'why do you have to talk about these things and embarrass us, don't you love your country?'"
Afghanistan before soviety war is largely a forgotten period in modern history as western people see the country as synonymous with war and the Taliaban
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"connects readers in a personal way no matter what their upbringing"- "reaching across cultural, racial, religous and gender gaps"
"themes of friendship, betrayal, redemption and uneasy love between fathers and sons are universal"
History of Afghanistan
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1700s: Britain was expanding northward in India and Russia was expanding Southward in central Asia. The two nations clashed in Afghanistan
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The mujaheddin controlled the country in the late 1980s - more than one and a half million Afghans died in the conflict with the soviets
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The Taliban
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Thousands joined him to form the Taliban and in 1996 he accepted the title the commander of the faithful
their fundamentalism impacted human rights and breaking their laws resulted in physical, public punishment
restricted almost all female movement or activity as well as forms of culture or entertainment for all such as music, media, appearance and kite fighting