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Hafsa
Shaukat, Fozia’s husband and Hafsa’s father, runs a successful produce business at the market. Though Amal sees Shaukat as successful, various incidences suggest his family isn’t as well-off as Amal thinks they are: they have to borrow money to fix their produce stall’s roof and to pay for their older daughter Shabnum’s wedding and dowry. This causes Shaukat immense stress, as he and his family are paying the Khans as much as they can and yet are still being threatened if they can’t come up with more money each month. Nasreen Baji knew Shaukat when they were children and tells Amal that Shaukat had “different dreams” that didn’t include running his father’s produce business, but she never elaborates on this.
Shaukat Quotes in Amal Unbound
The Amal Unbound quotes below are all either spoken by Shaukat or refer to Shaukat. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 9 Quotes
“We need his filthy money. Maybe if we all united against him, something could be done. It’s happening more and more these days—people are banding together and overthrowing their landlords. Read about it in the paper all the time.”
“The Khan family would never let that happen here. Remember Hazarabad?” Fozia asked. “The people in that town made a pact. Refused to pay their debts until he stopped with the threats. Forget Munira’s measly acres! He destroyed their entire village. Jawad Sahib sent quite the message!”
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Shaukat Character Timeline in Amal Unbound
The timeline below shows where the character Shaukat appears in Amal Unbound. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 7
...open-air market and the produce store, which Hafsa’s family owns. As Amal pays Hafsa’s father Shaukat for her vegetables, she remarks on the building’s fixed roof. But Shaukat looks anxious and...
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Chapter 10
...to the market by herself. It’s soothing to walk alone, and when she learns that Shaukat’s store is so busy because he’s gotten in new fruit, Amal decides to buy herself...
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Chapter 18
...went to school with two of Nasreen’s nieces. They discuss other shared contacts, including that Shaukat now runs his father’s produce store. Nasreen seems disappointed by this: she says that Shaukat...
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Chapter 31
...across from Nasreen Baji in the car, watching her neighborhood come into view. They pass Shaukat’s store and, soon after, Amal’s house. This fills Amal with grief.
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...village on their way back to the estate. Nasreen asks why Amal didn’t share that Shaukat’s older daughter, Shabnum, is getting married; the family borrowed from the Khans for her dowry....
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