Haider is forced to live in fear in Lahore. He does not live
with her family. His father was killed in Afghanistan during the cold war and
her sister, a lawyer, was forced to stop her practice when He began receiving threats.
Haider is an art graduate and like many other of these graduates He did his
final piece on the violence in Quetta. He goes on to explain that her parents
both quit working out of fear. He had to make as much money as he could and
send it to them. He only visits once a year now. The last time he went home
there were only three Hazaras on the train and they all hid their faces from
the men with turbans and beards to avoid confrontation.
These stories are sad to read as they show the effects of
genocide. Genocide has created a fear for this man and his family. His family doesn't want him to return home because they fear what will happen and he has to work
to support them in Lahore. The business in Quetta is apparently better and he
wants to pursue selling his art but it is too dangerous.
Genocide creates fear among everyone. People fear working so
they lose contact with family or depend on them. Each of these stories shows
the effects that genocide can have on a family. A family can be broken down
from a unit to a single person all to avoid conflict or confrontation.
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