A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a story set against the unstable events of Afghanistan’s last thirty year, from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to the post-Taliban rebuilding; that puts the violence, war, revolution, rebellion, fear, hope, and faith of this country in close, human rights and death of humanity. It is a story of two women in two generations brought inharmoniously together with the worst tragic sweep of war and the struggle to survive. Despite the death of humanity around them, the story shows how the issues of surviving and finding happiness in life through the death of humanity in Afghanistan.

There are three major aspects of death of humanity that can be found which are ‘human rights’, ‘security’, and ‘political stability’. Unfortunately, Muslims or not, humanity will always have varying degrees of struggle against unspeakable human rights violations. Afghan cultural traditions, which stress pride, honour, and a sense of hospitality toward strangers, add colour to this narrative. This book shed light on injustice and inequality, which is not part of Islam yet reflected in culture as part of Islam.

There is also a beautiful saying regarding man’s reaction towards something that has been negatively done,

‘A man’s accusing finger always finds a woman’.