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Nuri’s father owns a fabric shop in Aleppo. He intends for Nuri to take over, but Nuri decides to become a beekeeper with Mustafa instead. His father’s disappointment is a source of guilt for Nuri, fueling his search for Mustafa in the present timeline so his choice will not be meaningless.
Nuri’s Father Quotes in The Beekeeper of Aleppo
The The Beekeeper of Aleppo quotes below are all either spoken by Nuri’s Father or refer to Nuri’s Father. 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
But in the days and weeks that followed I saw him become smaller, and less urgent, less purposeful in his actions, as he cut or sewed or measured. As if he had lost the fire that had driven him. And I thought in that moment, lying there looking up at the Athenian sky, that if I had sacrificed my father’s happiness to become a beekeeper, then I had to find a way to make it to Mustafa.
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Nuri’s Father Character Timeline in The Beekeeper of Aleppo
The timeline below shows where the character Nuri’s Father appears in The Beekeeper of Aleppo. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 5
...speak for a while, and the Moroccan man seems disappointed. This makes Nuri think of his father ’s face when he told him he did not want to take over the family...
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Chapter 8
...market and clothing in the shops beneath a sign that reads “The Museum.” He finds his father ’s fabric shop and peers inside before following Mohammed again to the river.
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A week later, the young man brought a jar of honey to Nuri’s father ’s shop to thank him for his help and to let him know that he...
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Chapter 9
...his mother’s silk fan. She supported him when he decided to become a beekeeper, whereas his father was immensely disappointed. Nuri flashes back to the moment he told his father about his...
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