Khaled Hosseini






Khaled Hosseini

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born
March 04, 1965

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Kabul, Afghanistan

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Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. His father was a diplomat with the Afghan Foreign Ministry and his mother taught Farsi and History at a large high school in Kabul. In 1976, the Afghan Foreign Ministry relocated the Hosseini family to Paris. They were ready to return to Kabul in 1980, but by then Afghanistan had already witnessed a bloody communist coup and the invasion of the Soviet army. The Hosseinis sought and were granted political asylum in the United States. In September of 1980, Hosseini's family moved to San Jose, California. Hosseini graduated from high school in 1984 and enrolled at Santa Clara University where he earned a bachelor's degree in Biology in 1988. The following year, he entered the University ...more




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Dear Readers:Thank you for letters of support and encouragement. As ever, I cherish and appreciate them immensely.Well it appears that The Khaled Hosseini Foundation is up and running. We had our first public event to raise funds for the foundation on April 25th. My good friends Michael and Carolyn Bealmear, whom I have known through Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) fundraising, arr... ...more
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avg rating: 4.23 | 281,528 ratings | 39,838 reviews | 4 distinct works | 490 fans
The Kite Runner The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
avg rating 4.21 — 186,469 ratings — published 1999
90 editions
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A Thousand Splendid Suns A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
avg rating 4.31 — 79,157 ratings — published 2006
56 editions
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Khaled Hosseini Limited Editio... Khaled Hosseini Limited Edition Box Set: The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns Signed Limited Edition
by Khaled Hosseini
avg rating 4.55 — 224 ratings — published 2008
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The Kite Runner: A Portrait of... The Kite Runner: A Portrait of the Epic Film (Newmarket Pictorial Moviebooks)
by David Benioff, Khaled Hosseini (Introduction)
avg rating 4.24 — 230 ratings — published 2008
2 editions
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"...but better to be hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie."
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"For you, a thousand times over"
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"It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime..."
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