Don't know why afganistan is my priority to read...Khaled Hosseini and Nadia Hashimi deserve applause and regards...world literature is increasing in diversity...the pearl no doubt has broken its shell and escaped...emancipated....liberated. We call it Freedom. So much atrocity and torture !!! How can a woman tolerate !! Is it a curse to be born as a girl child !!! Is the father burdened!!! No burden is given by God that man can not carry....intrigued. Bookworms are asked to explore the book..