Without women taking an active role in Afghan society, rebuilding Afghanistan is going to be very difficult.
Khaled HosseiniThe bulk of our efforts [in The Khaled Hosseini Foundation] has focused on helping build permanent shelters for returning refugees who are homeless, living out in the open or in makeshift homes. This is an area of urgent need as Afghanistan's natural elements are quite harsh, with very hot summers, and freezing winters.
Khaled HosseiniAfter everything he'd built, planned, fought for, fretted over, dreamed of, this was the summation of his life; one disappointing son and two suitcases.
Khaled Hosseini