Khaled Hosseini

"No matter where we're born, which countries we're raised in, what cultures we come from, there are some universal experiences we all have as children. We all kind of start the same. We want the love of our parents, companionship, friends, we want to have fun, to play, and we're all hurt the first time we learn that the world is far from perfect place - it's the start of a series of epiphanies and realizations that is what growing up is all about."

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Source: Interview with James Mustich, www.csmonitor.com. November 24, 2008.

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Khaled Hosseini

Khaled Hosseini

Author, Physician

Khaled Hosseini is an Afghan-American author known for his poignant novels like 'The Kite Runner', which explore themes of love, loss, and redemption.

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