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Khaled Hosseini ( / ˈhɑːlɛd hoʊˈseɪni / ;Persian/Pashto خالد حسینی [ˈxɒled hoˈsejni]; born March 4, 1965) is an Afghan-American novelist, UNHCR goodwill ambassador, and former physician.
Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and moved to the United States in 1980. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains Echoed.
Jun 7, 2024 · Khaled Hosseini (b. 1965) is an Afghan-born American novelist who was known for his vivid depictions of Afghanistan, most notable in The Kite Runner (2003). His other books included A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007), And the Mountains Echoed (2013), and Sea Prayer (2018).
Today, Khaled Hosseini is one of the most recognized and bestselling authors in the world. His books, The Kite Runner , A Thousand Splendid Suns , and And the Mountains Echoed , have been published in over seventy countries and sold more than 40 million copies worldwide.
About Khaled Hosseini: Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. In 1970 Hosseini and his family moved to Iran where his father worked for the Em...
Sep 14, 2022 · In the U.S., Khaled Hosseini became a successful physician, but he longed to tell the world something of the life he knew before his country was consumed by war. He rose at four o'clock every morning to work on The Kite Runner before a full day of seeing patients.
Aug 18, 2021 · Like so many people, the novelist Khaled Hosseini watched Afghanistan fall to the Taliban over the past few days with horror and sadness.
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May 19, 2013 · An epic tale set in Afghanistan, the book sold more than 7 million copies in the U.S. and catapulted the author, Khaled Hosseini, onto the global literary stage.
May 1, 2007 · Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry the troubled and bitter Rasheed, who is thirty years her senior. Nearly two decades later, in a climate of growing unrest, tragedy strikes fifteen-year-old Laila, who must leave her home and join Mariam's unhappy household.
