Kabul is the largest city and capital of Afghanistan, in our play it is where one of the refugees Ara originally comes from. Afghanistan has been at war since 1978 and is certainly not the place you would choose to grow up. British and American armed forces are heavily based in Kabul and are just as common as a poster on the street during every day life, we can see this in the video below.
a shopping center, somewhere children hang out with their friends is patrolled by the army, growing up in this type of environment would create the idea that 'war is normal' and 'just something you have to live with'. However because the character Ara is a refugee in London this shows her determination and courage. Maybe she had believed that she didn't want this as her life but wasn't scared to do anything about it so she did and took refuge in the UK. This tells us a lot about her character and how she is strong minded and productive.
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