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1. Why was Nooria willing to marry a man she barely knew. What would you do in her situation. Explain your answer.

2. How did Shauzia convince Parvana to go back to work?

=Answers=

1. Nooria was willing to marry a man she never knew because in Mazar-e-Sharif in the north girls can still roam free and go to school and the family is willing to send her to university there,"I'll be living in Mazar-e-Sharif, in the north. The Taliban aren't in that part of Afghanistan. Girls can still go to school there. Both of his parents are educated. I can finish school, and they'll even send me to the university in Mazar.

2. Shauzia convinced Parvana to go back to work by by telling her she doesn't like to work alone and that the marketplace isn't the same without her. And with a little prodding from Shauzia she made the decision to go work again.