Veils Away for a While: A Cultural Scrutiny of Nadia Hashimi’s The Pearl that Broke its Shell

Abstract

Nadia Hashimi is an accomplished Afghan-American novelist of the recent times. She has authored five novels. Though Hashimi is the citizen of America, she is very concerned about her Afghan origin. Her novels chiefly concentrate on her Afghan origin, as she is very much interested in her native culture. Hashimi’s works furnish magnitude to the affluent culture of the Afghan society. Afghanistan is celebrated for its thriving culture. Hashimi pinpoints the profuse cultural practices of Afghanistan in the novel, The Pearl that Broke its Shell. Among them, the most fascinating is, Bacha Posh.