She sleeps outside Jalil's house waiting for him, but he will not see her. Jalil agrees to do so, but he does not come at the expected time.
Mariam's other friend, Mullah Faizullah, teaches her the Koran and listens to her problems.Įventually, Mariam askes Jalil to take her to the cinema to see the new cartoon of Pinocchio. Jalil visits Mariam once a week, telling stories and bringing gifts. Jalil has multiple legitimate wives and children, but Mariam is an illegitimate "harami" or bastard. Nana had worked as a housemaid for the wealthy cinema owner Jalil, Mariam's father, but after she became pregnant, Jalil cast her out to the shack.
Mariam, a young girl, lives in a small shack with her mother, Nana, outside of the city of Herat in Afghanistan.
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