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EXPLAINED: Khaled hosseini | Vintage Vibes

A terminally online book nerd, I tried asking IRL what I should read. This is what happened

Rafqa Touma found herself in a binge-slump reading cycle from following recommendations on social media. Could booksellers in actual bookshops help?

The Guardian - AU

20 Life-Changing Books That Will Inspire You and Transform Your Perspective

From classics by Joan Didion and Toni Morrison to recent best-sellers.

Marie Claire

Author Khaled Hosseini on book bans in the US: ‘It betrays students’

Hosseini’s The Kite Runner has joined a growing list of titles ‘under review’ or challenged by school boards, with nearly 5,894 books banned from July 2021 to June 2023

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ICC World Cup: Afghanistan cricket's kite runners chart their own flight path

A few months ago, social media feed let us know that it was 20 years of The Kite Runner. The Khaled Hosseini classic that came out in 2003 told a poignant back-to-the-wall survival story that left us with a hope that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

The Times of India

Seattle Opera puts story of Afghan women center stage

An opera based on the popular novel “A Thousand Splendid Suns," which is set in Afghanistan, is making its world debut in Seattle

The Independent UK

Review: ‘The Kite Runner’ on Broadway fails to soar on the winds of truth

NEW YORK — “A land mine,” observes a sardonic character in “The Kite Runner,” now landed on Broadway in the summer heat. “Is there a more Afghan way to die?”

Tribune News Service

Author Khaled Hosseini comes out in support of his transgender daughter

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Author Khaled Hosseini praises 'brilliant' daughter for coming out as transgender

Bestselling author Khaled Hosseini took to social media on Tuesday to celebrate his 21-year-old daughter for coming out as transgender.

Los Angeles Times

Author Khaled Hosseini says his daughter has come out as transgender and he’s ‘never been prouder’

‘I will be by her side every step of the way’ said the author in a statement

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