“She is the noor of my eyes and the sultan of my heart...”

A sketch inspired by one of my most favorite books ''A thousand splendid suns''. If you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend it! It's a beautiful and heartbreaking story which still takes a grip on my heart whenever I think about it... Ever since I've read it I wanted to make art for it in some way..
So here is Mariam, a little Afghan leopard girl...