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Imagine that Parvana decided to leave Afghanistan with Shauzia. She feels guilty about leaving her family, but thinks that it's the only way she'll ever be happy.

Prepare a role play of this situation in your group with the following characters and setting:

Parvana Parvana's mother Nooria Shauzia

Setting: Parvana's house right before she and Shauzia plan to get on a truck to Pakistan. What would Parvana's mother say? What would Nooria say? How would Parvana convince them of her choice? Would she be able to?

Use your understanding of the characters to play out this scene. Prepare to preform it for the class.

HANI: PARVANA PARIS: PARVANA'S MOTHER ABREHAM: SHAUZIA DHADON: NOORIA

PARVANA: Parvana wants to take care of her family because they have no one to care for them. She is mad at Shauzia. First she wants to go and be happy then thinks that happiness is with her family. Parvana is not going with Shauzia to Paris.

PARVANA'S MOTHER: She cares about her family and doesn't want Parvana to leave to Paris. She is upset and angry that Parvana is even thinking about leaving her family. She convinces Parvana to not leave.

SHAUZIA: She wants Parvana to come with her to Paris so they can be happy and live a better life. She wants to go to Paris so she doesn't have to take care of her family and take too much pressure of her family. She gets rushed out by Nooria and leaves to Paris by herself.

NOORIA: She is very angry at Parvana and yells and her. She thinks why is Parvana wanting to go to Paris. She Argues with Parvana. She gets angry and when Shauzia comes to get Parvana she argues with her and tells her why she invited Parvana in the first place!