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Lucy Fisher
Nadim is a man from Afghanistan living in Pedion tou Areos when Nuri and Afra are there. He plays an instrument called a rebab with great skill and beauty, and it brings Nuri some peace. In his conversations with Nadim, Nuri notes an underlying sense of danger. These instincts are confirmed when he sees Nadim leading young boys into the woods at night. Fed up with Nuri’s intrusions, Nadim eventually slashes him with a knife. Shortly after, a young boy emerges from the woods claiming Nadim coerced him somehow, and an angry mob of refugees beats him. Nuri picks up a bat and participates, striking the fatal blow to Nadim’s skull. Nuri is conflicted about Nadim’s murder, feeling justified because the man was exploiting children but also guilty because the Qur’an calls for mercy.
Nadim Quotes in The Beekeeper of Aleppo
The The Beekeeper of Aleppo quotes below are all either spoken by Nadim or refer to Nadim. 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 10
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I began to feel that fear again, the kind that had consumed me in Aleppo, alert to every movement and sound, imagining danger everywhere, expecting that at any moment the worst would happen, that death was near. I felt exposed, as if people were watching me from the woods, and when the wind blew it brought with it whispers: murderer, Nadim is dead, murderer.
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Nadim Quotes in The Beekeeper of Aleppo
The The Beekeeper of Aleppo quotes below are all either spoken by Nadim or refer to Nadim. 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:
).
Chapter 10
Quotes
I began to feel that fear again, the kind that had consumed me in Aleppo, alert to every movement and sound, imagining danger everywhere, expecting that at any moment the worst would happen, that death was near. I felt exposed, as if people were watching me from the woods, and when the wind blew it brought with it whispers: murderer, Nadim is dead, murderer.
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