Across
- 4. It was not an _________’s face Laila saw but a face of grievances unspoken, burdens gone unprotested, a destiny submitted to and endured.
- 7. Of all earthly pleasures, Laila's favorite was lying next to ______.
- 8. "It's a matter of_______, hamshira, a matter of law
- 10. The kitchen smelled like ______ and smoke, browned onions and fish.
- 12. "I know it's chilly outside, but what do you say we sinners have us a cup of ______ in the yard?"
- 13. an Afghan cap (hint: near boots)
- 14. "The __________ say it's better to be deprived of food for three days than tea for one."
- 15. Mariam heard of women who were killing themselves out of fear of being _____, and of men who, in the name of honor, would kill their wives or daughters if they'd been ______ by the militia.
Down
- 1. We're leaving this___________, Aziza and I. Come with us, Mariam.
- 2. Mujahideen militiamen carried ________.
- 3. Every week, since Aziza's birth, she pried his ______ open when he was asleep or in
- 5. the cripple
- 6. Aziza’s aunt
- 9. brothers and sisters are creatures of ___________.
- 11. outhouse and took a single bill.
- 14. It is a ________ for a woman to run away.