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I landed in Kabul the day before Shock and Awe in Iraq, and you could all but hear the collective groan.

The jury is out as to whether the Afghans are up to the task of protecting their people.

I grew up around a lot of Rumi, Hafez and Omar Khayyam books. My parents in Kabul had all the volumes around the house.

No one ever really read to me as a child.

Qualities you need to get through medical school and residency: Discipline. Patience. Perseverance. A willingness to forgo sleep. A penchant for sadomasochism. Ability to weather crises of faith and self-confidence. Accept exhaustion as fact of life. Addiction to caffeine a definite plus. Unfailing optimism that the end is in sight.

From Khaled Hosseini

I was told bedtime stories by my father or my grandmother. Books, I mostly read on my own in bed.

From Khaled Hosseini

Syria's neighboring countries cannot and should not carry the cost of caring for refugees on their own. The international community must share the burden with them by providing economic aid, investing in development in those countries, and opening their own borders to desperate Syrian families looking for protection.

From Khaled Hosseini

Obama's middle name differs from my last name by only two vowels. Does the McCain-Palin campaign view me as a pariah, too? Do McCain and Palin think there's something wrong with my name?

From Khaled Hosseini

Khaled Hosseini

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