This is story about afghanistan woman named Maryam. As an illegitimate daughter from Jalil and his maid, Nana. Jalil was a sucessful intrepeneur and the owner of some cinema in the city. That's why he felt ashamed to admit Maryam as her daughter in front of public.
But he loves Maryam very much. Nana and Maryam's daily needs were fulfilled with Jalil regularly sending to their secluded house every month through his sons from others wifes he has married before Nana. Jalil often told Maryam how cinema looklike, the movie which played, the audience and an ice cream gift for the kids who had watch the cartoon movie every Friday.
Maryam felt happy when her father came, because of his astonishing words he told to Maryam. This condition is upside down with her mother, Nana. Nana often yelled Maryam with many scorn words. As a mother she always regrets giving a birth to Maryam.
When Maryam 14 year old, she decided to met her father in the town. But, she could not met him, instead of that, she finally knew that Jalil let her slept on the street in front of his house all the night. Her sense offended, cried when she return home, she found her mother suicide, hung with the rope around her neck.
Then everything going so fast, Jalil has no option to reject Nana again. So he take her with him to stay in his luxury house together with other wifes, sons and daughters. Day afer day Maryam blaming herself for nana's death.Maryam was so sad, even Nana may be not the good mother, but she's all that Maryam have. Nana is her world, her only real family, the one who stay with her while Jalil not being there.
After a full moon past, Nana was planned to marriage with Rasyid a forty year oldman who worked as shoe maker in Kabul. Maryam resisted, but Jalil and his wifes seems insist on her to accept it. Maryam realized, she's unwanted person in this house, so she has to gone away, and marriage is the only way for Jalil to free from his obligue to raise Maryam. So the wedding happen, Maryam took to Kabul with her husband.
Year after year, Maryam has pregnant not only once, but she always lost her babies while pregnancy time. This make her husband upset, and sometimes harshed Maryam with hits and punches to her face and body.
Through the time, there were come war periode. Rasyid accidentally saved a girl named Laila from bombing debris. Laila was their neigbourhood and already has boyfriend-went to battle as troops-which have left baby in her body. Maryam was take care of Laila day and night, cured her wounds, feed her, bathed her, till she get well.
Then it all became a knife that stab Maryam's heart so much hurt. Rasyid propose Laila to be his next wife. Laila want to say no, because she has a boyfriend, more, has a baby within her life as a proof of their love. But, living alone as a single mother is not an easy thing in battle field. So, instead of thinking her feeling she prefered the safety of her pregnancy.
She willing to Rasyid became 'father' of her baby. in the beginning, Maryam and Laila not get along well. But, after the baby bourne, Maryam's motherly senses made everything easier and so on with Laila. Together, they raise Azizah, the illegitimate daughter from Laila and her boyfriend. Nobody knew it, unless Laila herself.
In the war periode, Rasyid's job having recession time. He became a drunkard and bad-tempered man. Laila and Maryam planned to escape. But it's not easy, Afghanistan women were bounded with strict rules. Women not allowed to go alone, unless accompanied with a man that has family relationship with her. That makes Laila and Maryam worry. Unfortunately, Rasyid knew it, he was so angry, then he tortured Laila and her daughter. Maryam tried to save them, on the contrary, it killed Rasyid accidentally.
Frightened what will happened if the soldier find his body, Maryam want to surrender and let Laila run to met his boyfriend (which known unsurely, lived with no legs because hitted with grenade during battle) outside Kabul,and has occupied as hotelier. Laila insist never lived Maryam alone and Maryam absolutely insist on her decision.
After Maryam convinced Laila to ran away, will also saved the two other lifes, Aziza and her brother. If they are all run, they could caught anytime, because the army will chased them. Someone has to stay, so other could live longer, Said Maryam tenaciously.
In the middle of the night, Laila went to south with her children. And in the morning, Maryam surender herself. A week later, Maryam sentenced to die with the judge.
while, outside Kabul, Laila and her family lived happily, but eventhough Maryam has died, she will always live inside Laila. Through Azizah and her eyes, Laila believed that Maryam could see and feel the happines too.
After war is over and new regime have the authority, which is not so much strict rules for women. Laila return, and then established a school in Kabul, worked as a teacher with her husband.
Maybe Maryam's story is not the only one that ends tragically. But Her death will be remembered as a sadness narrative about Afghanistan woman.
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