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    This summer reading assignment provides background information on Khaled Hosseini, Afghanistan, and Afghan culture and education. It discusses that Hosseini was born in Kabul and moved to the US for high school and college. He began writing The Kite Runner in 2001, which became an international bestseller. Afghanistan has been fought over by various empires throughout history and is a multi-party republic bordered by Central Asian countries. Education was traditionally religious but now follows a Western model, though a civil war impacted education levels. Islam is the dominant religion practiced in Afghanistan.

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    This summer reading assignment provides background information on Khaled Hosseini, Afghanistan, and Afghan culture and education. It discusses that Hosseini was born in Kabul and moved to the US for high school and college. He began writing The Kite Runner in 2001, which became an international bestseller. Afghanistan has been fought over by various empires throughout history and is a multi-party republic bordered by Central Asian countries. Education was traditionally religious but now follows a Western model, though a civil war impacted education levels. Islam is the dominant religion practiced in Afghanistan.

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    Summer Reading Assignment

    2010

    English Honors 10
    TaeSoo Chang
    Research

    Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul in 1976, in 1980 he moved to the USA. After graduating
    high school he went to Santa Clara University where he earned his bachelor’s in Biology. Khaled
    started to write the book Kite Runner in March of 2001 while in medical practice. His book Kite
    Runner is still a international bestseller. In his first book he writes about the life of a young
    writer in Kabul in the book the boy lives a similar life style of Khaled himself.

    Afghanistan was first used as a gateway to India by Alexander the Great and Darius 1. In
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    the 19 century it was made into a battlefield for the czarist Russia and British for control of
    central Asia. Three Anglo-Afghan wars ended with out conclusion. In 1926 Emir Amanullah
    founded the Afghan monarchy. Afghanistan is now a multi party republic, before then it was
    controlled by the influence of the Islamic Taliban. Afghanistan is approximately the size of
    Texas, it is bordered by Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. The country is split east and
    west by the Hindu Kush Mountains. Afghanistan is in a state of limited water, and earthquakes
    are common.

    Afghanistan education was based on religion but now it is following the styles of western
    schools. Twelve years of primary and secondary school was expected. In the mid 1980
    Afghanistan had 800 hundred primary schools. A civil war broke out recently in Afghanistan,
    because of lack of education. In Afghanistan the main religion is Islam. Almost everything in
    Afghanistan is based on religion. They pray five times a day everyday. About eighty four percent
    of muslims in Afghanistan are Sunnites and fifteen are Shiites. An important figure in Afghan
    life is the Mullah or the religious leader.
    Work Cited

    “Afghanistan's Web Site”, N.p, N.d, web. 8/29/10, http://www.afghanistans.com

    “Afghanistan’s Geography”, N.p, 2002, web, 8/29/2010, <http://www.travelblog.org/World/af-


    geog.html>

    “Afghanistan” , 2000-2009 Pearson Education, 2000, web, 8/29/2010,


    <http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107264.html>

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