Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. In 1970 Hosseini and his family moved to Iran where his father worked for the Embassy of Afghanistan in Tehran. In 1976, when Hosseini was 11 years old, Hosseini's father obtained a job in Paris, France, and moved the family there. They were unable to return to Afghanistan because of the Saur Revolution. They sought political asylum in the United States and made their residence in San Jose, California. Hosseini graduated from Independence High School in San Jose 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, School of Medicine, where he earned his M.D. in 1993. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles in 1996. He practiced medicine for over ten years, until a year and a half after the release of The Kite Runner.
Hosseini is currently a Goodwill Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). He has been working to provide humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan through the Khaled Hosseini Foundation. He lives in Northern California with his wife, Roya, and their two children (Harris and Farah).
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Fiction, Afghanistan, fiction, Families, Friendship, fiction, New York Times bestseller, American fiction, Intergenerational relations, Interpersonal relations, Loss (Psychology), Community life, Fiction, coming of age, Fiction, family life, Fiction, family life, general, Large type books, Romans, nouvelles, Social conditions, Altersunterschied, Betrayal, Communauté, Competitions, Ehefrau, Ehemann, Familles, Ficción, Fiction subjectsPlaces
Afghanistan, California, Kabul, Kabul (Afghanistan), Afghānistān, America, Fremont, Hazarajat, Herat, Kabul (Afganistán), Kābol (Afghanistan), Murree, Pakistan, Peshawar, San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, San Jose State University, Soviet Union, Syria, mei guoPeople
Ali, Amir, Assef, Aziza, Baba, Fariba, Farid, Hakim, Hassan, Jalil, Laila, Mariam, Mullah Faizullah, Nana, Rahim Khan, Rasheed, Sanaubar, Sohrab, Soraya Taheri, Taliban, Tariq, ZalmaiTime
1959, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 20th century, Civil War, 2011-, xian dai
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- OLID: OL1412764A
- ISNI: 0000000110791561
- VIAF: 98912036
- Wikidata: Q193116
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q193116
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