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The Mirzaeis first encountered their protagonist Shaista many years ago while volunteering for an NGO that distributed food in the camp. He was then in his early teens.
“We became really close with Shaista’s whole family. We would go with them to different doctor’s appointments and bring them to the hospital when they were sick, would go to different ministries with them when they were trying to get better access to drinking water and electricity or plumbing and things in the camp,” she tells Deadline. “Then Shaista introduced us to Benazir.
“There’s kind of hints [to what will happen] when he’s in the poppy field and he’s licking his finger. It’s really subtle, but that’s just part of the process of opium extraction,” Elizabeth says. “Kind of like the way you would calculate money with your finger, flip through it to make it easier. That’s how a lot of men become addicted.”
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