The "jinn" cousins...

In Jalalabad we were treated to three days with what I now call the "Jinn" cousins. A "jinn" being something along the lines of a spirit but Afghan style which means it can be good or bad....but it is always disruptive. Afghans being renowned for drama, a wicked sense of humor as well as a limitless capacity to talk about anything made our vacation a three day marathon of teasing, stories by the fire, political arguments, commentary on fashion, and being filled in on history from their very personal experience. Mahbouba and Selma ( the scary looking ones) are first cousins and descendants of Abdur Rahman, Habibullah, and Amanuallah...Trina (the beautiful) is a convoluted cousin but I have to enquire further as relatives are a very complicated thing here. These three talked from morning to night and nothing escaped sharp eyes and an opportunity to tweak noses. Then we topped it all off with a solemn trip to their progenitors graves sites in Jalalbad...where I thanked Allah for their irreverent and loving presences in my life.