Afghan Quote by Khaled Hosseini

I was working on refugee issues in 1993, as the refugee coordinator for the Horn of Africa.

— Linda Thomas-Greenfield

For a novelist, it’s kind of an onerous burden to represent an entire culture. That said, I’m in a unique position to speak on…

— Khaled Hosseini

While the war in Iraq was raging, I spent some time in neighbouring Jordan, meeting with Iraqi refugees who fled their country to try…

— Deborah Ellis

I'll work to ensure that every single refugee who seeks asylum in the United States has a fair chance to tell his or her…

— Hillary Clinton

It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely qualified to…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

If you live close to an International Rescue Committee office in the United States, find out how you can assist a refugee family as…

— Mandy Patinkin

At the time we are focusing our efforts primarily on building shelters for refugees. Homelessness in Afghanistan is a huge problem.

— Khaled Hosseini

Michael Bealmear is a philanthropist, and he has become interested in the issue of refugees, and he proposed that we do an event in…

— Khaled Hosseini

There are millions of people, refugees, who have experienced the same conflicts and struggles I did. They have the same potential to defy the…

— Clemantine Wamariya

I've been working for refugees for years and years and years.

— Vanessa Redgrave

There is a story which is not being told strongly enough of the Afghan employees of the UN inside the country who are saving…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

I'm the spokesperson for the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees. My father was from Syria. It's an American initiative, and it's multi-faith. So, it's…

— F. Murray Abraham