(from left) Haysam Kadri as Rasheed, Arden Pala as Zalmai, Nadine Malouf as Laila, Nikita Tewani as Aziza, and Denmo Ibrahim Photo

From: Photo Flash: First Look at A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS at The Old Globe

A sweeping and deeply moving theatrical production based on the best-selling book by Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner). The epic story of three generations of Afghan women and their remarkable resilience, A Thousand Splendid Suns is set in the war-torn neighborhoods of 1990s Kabul. When battle upends her family, beautiful Laila must seek shelter, first in the home and then in the arms of her older neighbor. Soon she forges an extraordinary and unlikely friendship with Mariam, her new husband's first wife. Summoning the strength to defy a tyrannical society, the two women seek hope and the promise of a better future.