Shadbagh

Shadbagh is the town where Abdullah lives with his family during his early childhood. The town is merely a village during Abdullah's life there but is later renamed New Shadbagh and taken over by a wealthy war criminal. The new town has a school, medical clinic, and businesses that were unheard of during Abdullah's youth. There are a few families who live there in the early days but the town is much larger by the time Iqbal and his family returns to the village.

Paris

Paris is where Nila lives with Pari, Abdullah's sister, until her death. Pari remains in the area and it's there that Abdullah's daughter, Pari, plans to meet her cousins for the first time. The city is real and there are only a few descriptions of specific places in the book. Most specific places are only mentioned in passing, such as the neighborhood where...