Breadwinner Vocab ch. 1-8

a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women

• burqa

• chador

• toshak

• rubble

a major city in Afghanistan

• shalwar kameez

• Taliban

• idle

• Kabul

A radical Muslim faction that controlled Afghanistan beginning in 1996.

• Taliban

• Kabul

• gingerly

• rubble

a garment that covers the whole body so only the eyes can be partially seen

• resentful

• chador

• burqa

• looters

broken parts of buildings

• toshak

• rubble

• chador

• gingerly

a narrow mattress used in many Afghan homes instead of chairs or beds

• idle

• chador

• burqa

• toshak

angry due to a feeling of being treated unfairly

• resentful

• fumed

• idle

• gingerly

people who carry off or steal goods during a war or disaster

• billowing

• intricate

• looters

• permitted

complex or detailed

• intricate

• idle

• rubble

• permitted

allowed to do something

• resentful

• intricate

• gingerly

• permitted