GLOSSARY OF FOREIGN TERMS

(Link to UTA , special thanks to Sheri Neyari)

ASSISTED READING GUIDE

(Provided by Penguin Publishing, for guidance only)

Author Information

Official Website of the Author

Interview, Newsline (Pakistan), Nov. 2003

General Information, bloomsbury.com

Background Information

Brief history of Afghanistan and kite running

Kites and kite runners, Syracuse University

About Afghanistan (LOC)

Book Reviews

University of Oklahoma

Main Characters

(pronunciations)

Amir

(AH-meer)

Main character and narrator of The KiteRunner

Assef

(AH-sef)

Childhood tormentor of Amir and Hassan

Baba

(baw-baw)

Amir's father

General Taheri

(TAH-hair-REE)

Soraya's father

Hassan

(HA-sahn)

Servant and friend to Amir

Khala Jamila

(ha-lah   jah-MEE-la)

Rahim Khan

(RAW-heem  HON)

Baba's friend and business partner

Sohrab

(so-RAWB)

Hassan's son

Soraya

(so-raw-YAH)

Amir's wife