Afghanistan Quote by Khaled Hosseini

The story of what has happened to women in Afghanistan, however, is a very important one, and fertile ground for fiction.

— Khaled Hosseini

Poetry is a popular genre in Afghanistan. If you turned on the radio, there would be a poetry program that would be as popular…

— Eliza Griswold

Poetry isn't as relevant in the Western world as it is in Afghanistan. And not many people make time for something that doesn't feel…

— Eliza Griswold

I wanted to write about Afghanistan before the Soviet war because that is largely a forgotten period in modern Afghan history.

— Khaled Hosseini

As a filmmaker coming from one of the youngest lands in the world, New Zealand - safe, green and democratic - I was intrigued…

— Pietra Brettkelly

Probably the single most commen response I get from my readesr, be it through e-mails or letters, is that they did not know much,…

— Khaled Hosseini

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

In Pakistan, many of the young people read novels because in the novels, not just my novels but the novels of many other Pakistani…

— Mohsin Hamid

I feel engaged with young people in Pakistan. But that said, it's still a small minority that reads novels, literary fiction. But it isn't…

— Mohsin Hamid

The book came after the fall of the Taliban, it says something about Afghan family life. Those kind of stories - what happens behind…

— Asne Seierstad

Kabul was a thriving cosmopolitan city with its vibrant artistic, intellectual and cultural life. There were poets, musicians, and writers. There was also an…

— Khaled Hosseini

“marveling at how every Afghan story is marked by death and loss and unimaginable grief.”

— Khaled Hosseini