The Kite Runner Resources
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Short-Listed Titles for RARI's 2005 read
Suggested Reading Lists
- Non-Fiction
- Memoirs, travelogues & journalism
- Poetry
- Fiction
- Graphic Novels
- Photojournalism
- Films
- Children's & Young Adult Fiction
- Children's Picture Books
- Poetry
Links related to the author, Khaled Hosseini
- Khaled Hosseini .com
- Khaled Hosseini's All-time Favorite Summer Reads
- Khaled Hosseini's Ten Favorite Books
- The Kite Runner
A film of the novel slated for release in 2006. Directed by Sam Mendes, who also directed Road to Perdition, and American Beauty. - Article about Hosseini
from the East Bay Express (San Francisco, CA), by Jonathon Kiefer, April 28, 2004. - Wrenching Tale by an Afghan Immigrant Strikes a Chord
by Edward Wyatt, New York Times, December 15, 2004
Interviews with Hosseini
Recorded live at The Forum in San Francisco,
on Sunday, September 26, 2004
Weekend Edition - Sunday, July 27, 2003.
Host Liane Hansen speaks with Khaled Hosseini.
from Minnesota Public Radio, 10 a.m., May 5, 2004
by Farhad Azad, June 2004
by Razeshta Sethna, November 2003
from Bloomsbury, British publishers or The Kite Runner
from Barnes & Noble.com
Discussion Guides for The Kite Runner
(Australian publishers of The Kite Runner)
Reviews
By Edward Hower, August 3, 2003
by David Kipen, June 8, 2003
by Mir Hekmatullah Sadat, June 2004
Awards won by The Kite Runner
- San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year
- American Library Association Notable Book
- Entertainment Weekly Top Ten Fiction Pick of the Year
- Borders Orgininal Voices Award winner
- Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers book
- Amazon.com Summer 2003 Breakout Book
- Entertainment Weekly's Best Book 2003
- Book Sense Bestseller List Sensation
- ALEX AWARD 2004
Ten adult books that will appeal to teen readers have been selected to receive the 2004 Alex Awards. Titles were chosen by the Alex Award Committee of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
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1. Eastern Connecticut One Book One Region 2004 read
2. University of Iowa, Center for Human Rights One Community, One Book 2004 project
3. Woodland Reads (California) 2004 selection
4. United Valley Libraries 2005 One Book, One Valley project
5. Pasadena One City, One Story (California) 2004/2005 read
6. The Friends of the Pittsboro Memorial Library (North Carolina) community read
Kites
Gudiparan bazi (literally flying doll, kite flying)) is a common hobby of many Afghans throughout Afghanistan.
Newport, Rhode Island
Have you ever wanted to build a kite? Well, here is a simple kite you can make yourself!
Afghan Writing
Vol. I, No.7 Spring 2002
special feature on Afghan Woman's writing
(in Farsi, mostly untranslated)
Jalal-e-Din Mohammad Molavi Rumi was born in 1207 A.D. at Balkh in the north-eastern provinces of Persia (present day Afghanistan). He became famous for his mystical insight, his religious knowledge and as a Persian poet.
In the eleventh century, in Persia, there lived a mathematician named Ghiyathuddin Abulfath Omar bin Ibrahim al-Khayyami. Omar wrote poetry, and his rhymes were rediscovered and translated into beautiful English--more than seven centuries later--by a scholar named Edward FitzGerald. The full text of The Rubaiyat is available at Project Gutenberg, the oldest producer of free electronic books on the Internet.
Afghan restaurants & recipes
Since the inception of first Afghan restaurant (Caravan Sarai) in St. Paul, Minnesota over 30 years ago, Afghan restaurants have emerged throughout the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe, with the highest concentration in Northern California today. Afghan dishes are generally mild to moderately spicy mostly including gourmet rice, meat and fresh vegetables.
Afghan restuarant, 143 1st Street, Cambridge, MA.
Afghan restaurant, 2088 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA.
Charitable Organizations
Based in Rhode Island, the goal of this initiative is to help educate the next generation in Afghanistan . The voices of the women in Afghanistan have been missing. These women will be role models - in law, business, political science, education, and computer technology. They are required to return to Afghanistan each summer to help with the rebirth of their country.
Article from CNN about the Initiative to Educate Afghan Women
afghans for Afghans is a humanitarian and educational people-to-people project that sends hand-knit and crocheted blankets and garments to the beleaguered people of Afghanistan.
The Fast-track program's mission is to give International youth the opportunity to help Afghan youth by direct interaction with each other through sponsorship and summer volunteer programs.
As Afghanistan struggles to rebuild its infrastructure, Help the Afghan Children has refocused its efforts to provide quality education to Afghan children by establishing "integrated model primary schools". In cooperation with Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education we are introducing new and innovative pilot-programs like peace education, computer literacy, school health, teacher training, and environmental awareness to supplement the regular curricula, in our model schools as part of an integrated approach that will bring sustainable development to Afghanistan.
ASCHIANA (meaning “the nest”) is an Afghan Non-Government Organisation that has provided services, support and programs to street working children and their families for close to ten years. ASCHIANA operates six centres across Kabul, servicing close to 3000 children as well as initiating and operating an outreach program for nearly 1000 internally displaced children.
Afghanistan
- Afghanistan Lesson Plans
Twelve lessons on different aspects of Afghanistan. Each lesson is organized into two parts. The first part is background information for teachers and adults, or can be used as a handout for older students. The second part of each lesson contains classroom activities, some designed for particular grade levels and others that can be adapted to the needs of any age. - Country Studies: Afghanistan
This website contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress as part of the Country Studies/Area Handbook Series sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army between 1986 and 1998. Each study offers a comprehensive description and analysis of the country or region's historical setting, geography, society, economy, political system, and foreign policy.
- Afghanistan: a Country Study
Courtesy of The Library of Congress
Browse or search this detailed study of Afghanistan. Contents include: history, society, the natural environment, population, social structure, ethnic groups, family, gender roles, religion, education, health, refugees, warfare and civic culture. - CIA World Factbook: Afghanistan
- National Geographic Magazine
1. Afghanistan: Land in Crisis
2. A Life Revealed by Cathy Newman, Photographs by Steve McCurry
Follow the search for the woman who, 17 years ago, cast an adolescent gaze from National Geographic's cover onto the world.
3. Taliban photo gallery
4. A New Day In Kabul
5. The World of Islam
- Afghanistan as I Saw It
In August 2002, Shawn Grauel, a high school student from New York City, set foot in Kabul, Afghanistan -- soil that very few American teens had seen -- after two decades of war.
- Books for Understanding
Books for Understanding is a free electronic bibliography program begun by the Association of American University Presses in response to the September 11th tragedy. The titles range from coping with grief to terrorism, Afghanistan, and Islam, but also include other topics. - Of bombings in Afghanistan, fundamentalist rivals and economics of oil
Op-Ed article by William O. Beeman
William O. Beeman is an anthropologist at Brown University, specializing in the Middle East.
- Islamic Transitional State of Afghanistan
This central website of the Islamic Transitional State of Afghanistan provides information on Afghanistan's National Budget, the Government's Donor Assistance Database, and on major international conferences on Afghan reconstruction. The Donor Assistance Database provides open access to information all major projects in Afghanistan, and relies on regular reporting by donor, UN agency and NGO partners. - Afghan Communicator
Afghan Communicator (AC) was founded in 1997 as an academic, cultural and literary magazine.
- Afghans 4 Tomorrow
Afghans4Tomorrow (A4T) is a non-profit, non-political organization dedicated to the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan. A4T provides essential services to its people through the expertise, knowledge and dedication of Young Afghan Professionals abroad. - Embassy of Afghanistan
The Embassy is now under the leadership of Ambassador Said Tayeb Jawad.
- Afghanistan Online
Afghanistan Online is a privately owned, independent web site that provides updated news and information on Afghanistan. Originally known as the Qazi Webpage on Afghanistan, the title was changed to Afghanistan Online and launched on May 14, 1997. - Afghan Sports Federation
Afghan sports Federation (ASF) is a non-profit organization based in Fairfax, Virginia of Metropolitan Washington D.C. area. It is run by Afghan individuals, for the benefit of amateur sports among the Afghan youths and Adults both men and women at every level of excellence in the region, the United States and the world. - U.S. - Afghan Women's Council
On January 28,2002, Presidents Bush and Karzai announced the creation of the US. Afghan Women's Council to promote private/public partnerships between U.S. and Afghan institutions and mobilize private resources to ensure Afghan women gain the skills and education deprived them under years of Taliban misrule.