Khaled Hosseini
Category: History
Updated: 7 months ago
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BirthFather was assigned new post as the
Afghan embassy in Paris; Expected
they'd live there for four years (duration
of father's assignment) then go back to
AfghanistanSoviet Union invaded Afghanistan; deemed
too dangerous for the family to returnHosseini family applied for and was
granted political asylum in the USAKhaled earned a bachelor's degree in biology
at Santa Clarita UniversityKhaled earned a medical degree at UCSD
with a specialization in internal medicineThe Kite Runner was publishedThe Kite Runner was adapted into a filmA Thousand Splendid Suns was releasedHosseini becomes ambassador forPeriods
Lived in peaceful Kabul, Afghanistan with his familyHosseini family lived in San Jose, CaliforniaKhaled was a practicing physicain
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