Kharab in Farsi has many meanings - something damaged, like a house hit by a rocket; a car that won’t start; something or someone bad or naughty; abat means a place where people live. Consequently Kharabat means a place where naughty people live. It also refers to someone who spends all their money on their friends in order to have a good time. This word is also used in the phrase ‘have a kharabat’, meaning ‘let’s go and have fun’. Once the home to dancers and musicians, famous as both the home of creativity and a place for illicit drinking and carousing, Kabul’s Kharabat Street is today a pile of rubble to which only a few people have returned to claim their property, mostly to ensure that they retain ownership.