Nabi

Brother of Parwana, Nabi serves as chauffeur and cook for Suleiman Wahdati and stays on after Suleiman marries Nila. Nabi is something of a celebrity in his home village because of his life in Kabul, which seems rich compared to the lives of the villagers. Nabi is in love with Nila but keeps most of his feelings to himself. It's Nabi's idea for Nila to adopt Pari. He believes his role in this plan will make her happy and that she will feel grateful to him. In truth, she does feel gratitude but her time is so taken up with Pari that she stops spending time with Nabi and seldom even notices his presence. Nabi is hurt by that and is later upset to learn about Suleiman's physical attraction. Nabi takes over care of Suleiman after his stroke and eventually takes over management of the entire household as...