When was Khaled Hosseini born?
Khaled Hosseini
Hosseini was born on March 4, 1965 in Kabul, Afghanistan, the eldest of five children.[9] His father, Nasser worked as a diplomat for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul while his mother worked as a Persian language teacher at a girls high school; both originate from Herat.[9] Regarding his ethnicity, Hosseini stated, "I'm not pure anything ... There's a Pashtun part of me, a Tajik part of me."[10] His mother's family is believed to be from the Mohammadzai tribe of Pashtuns.[11] Hosseini describes his upbringing as privileged. He spent eight years of his childhood in the middle class Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood in Kabul.[9][10][12] Hosseini does not recall his sister, Raya, ever suffering discrimination for being a female.[12] Kabul itself was "a growing, thriving, cosmopolitan city" where he regularly flew kites with a number of cousins.[13]