The Question and Answer section for Road to Chlifa is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
In the conclusion of the second section, Maha decides to travel to Chlifa to stay with Elias and Zahra, who were friends with her parents.
Karim hates all of the attention he garners as both the new student and a student of color. He feels like a carnival freak, or an animal being inspected before sale.
The narrator uses the familiar simile "spread like wildfire" to illustrate how quickly and unstoppably the rumor about Jad being Karim's son moved from person to person
