Rashid made Mariam use a burqa for the first time and he wanted to hide her features in public
Rashid brings Mariam in public for the first time and this is the first time Mariam will experience the outside world that she has been hidden from
Rashid and Mariam go to a kebab stand and Mariam realizes how different her life is now and how different Herat and Kabul are
Mariam sees other women that Rashid calls modern and they wear jewelry and are not wearing burqas. Mariam feels ignorant of the world around her that she hasn't known for so long
Rashid and Mariam walk down Chicken Street where there is a clash between traditional and modern values between many people in Afghanistan
Rashid gives Mariam a gift from a store and Mariam starts to feel as if they are building a bond slowly even though he shelters her from the world.
