Soraya is the young woman Amir and his father met at the Afghan flea market in California; as Amir, she was in the habit of going there with her father to help him trade goods at his stand. Soraya had run away with a man when she was just a young girl and although she had been brought back under the parental roof, she had been "soiled" since she was no longer a virgin.
When Amir begins to take interest in her, she confesses to him her past, something Amir himself has been unable to do. He admires Soraya for her sincerity, recognizing that she is a cut above him in worth. Amir understands that truth is intrisically related to honour, and by choosing to live in transparency (even if it meant being stimatized), Soraya is at least at peace with herself and others.
Amir manages to win Soraya's love and takes her for his wife after a very traditional courtship.
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