The Rugmaker of Mazar E Sharif

The novel ‘The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif’ by Najaf Mazari and Robert Hillman, reveals the life tale of an extraordinary person, Najaf Mazari. In Najaf Mazari’s life he goes through many difficulties, such as the time that he spent in Woomera that made his life much better than it was, but it is also the continuous and numerous war and conflict in his village and across his nation of Afghanistan. Najaf, his whole life has revolved around difficult decisions and choices, some of these decisions made him get caught by the Taliban. To get through all of this he created options and with the help of his belief in God and the support of his family, he is able to keep pushing on to reach his goal of finding a better life for him and his family.
Woomera was a place that Najaf would absolutely keep in mind for the rest of his life. Woomera is a place where refugees that are looking for a new life stay for a while. They said that Najaf is in there for “jumping the queue”, but Najaf didn’t know what was going on and didn’t mean to do anything wrong. Najaf’s encounter in Woomera was really challenging. There were many conflict and riots that happened in Woomera. There were many authorities that were terrible and did not really agree to individuals which made Najaf terrified. Most of them were very hesitant with every phrase he said in the interview. In Woomera Najaf runs into this women and she says that she wants to marry him, Najaf reacted by simply giving her an apple and says no. This shows the loyalty that he has towards his wife Hakima. One day Najaf thought he was able to walk in the cities of Australia as a citizen, but the people made a mistake of thinking Najaf was someone else. This was very upsetting for Najaf, but he had the endurance to withstand the bad news. He knows that a man has to work tirelessly to be entitled to what he gets. Najaf at this point knew Woomera was his last hope to reach his goal where “life is possible.”
Najaf has always been around war