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When they arrive in Islamabad, Amir considers the city more modern and better kept than Peshawar. Sohrab perks up at the passing of a large mosque, the Shah Faisal, on the way to a small hotel that Farid has found for him. Later, after having lost Sohrab, Amir remembers the mosque and finds the boy has returned to the mosque’s parking lot. Sohrab tells Amir that Hassan took Sohrab to a mosque in Kabul once, allowing him to feed the pigeons.
As they speak, Sohrab confesses that he misses his parents but that he is glad they are not here to see how dirty and “full of sin” he is. When Amir tells him he is not dirty, Sohrab allows Amir to embrace him, but he does not answer when Amir asks if he wants to go to America with him. A week later at a hilltop park, Amir and Sohrab play panjpar together again. Amir tells Sohrab that Hassan was his brother, explaining that he only found out recently. Sohrab asks whether Amir’s father loved Hassan and Amir equally. Amir thinks of the day at Ghargha Lake when Plus, gain access to 8,450+ more expert-written Study Guides. Including features:
By Khaled Hosseini