Khaled has been working to provide humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan throughh The Khaled Hossei

Program Title: Khaled Hosseini / The Kite Runner & A Thousand Splendid Suns
Description: 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 of California-San Diego's School of Medicine, where he earned a Medical Degree in 1993. He completed his residency at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. Hosseini was a practicing internist between 1996 and 2004..
While in medical practice, Hosseini began writing his first novel,, The Kite Runnerr, in March of 2001. In 2003,, The Kite Runnerr, was published and has since become an international bestseller, published in 48 countries. In 2006 he was named a goodwill envoy to UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency. His second novel,,A Thousand Splendid Sunsswas published in May of 2007. Currently,,A Thousand Splendid Sunssis published in 40 countries. Khaled has been working to provide humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan throughh The Khaled Hosseini Foundationn. The concept for The Khaled Hosseini Foundation was inspired by a trip to Afghanistan Khaled made in 2007 with the UNHCR. He lives in northern California.

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