text: This author gave up his work as a physician to write and works now as UNHCR’s goodwill ambassador to Darfur, and he runs a foundation that builds homes for refugees returning to his home country.
full_question: This author gave up his work as a physician to write and works now as UNHCR’s goodwill ambassador to Darfur, and he runs a foundation that builds homes for refugees returning to his home country. This man’s most recent novel follows Nila, an unhappy woman who considers her friend “Pari” a punishment, and Abdullah who grew up in the village Shadbagh. Another novel by this author follows Miriam, an illegitimate child, and Laila, a privileged child who is proposed to by Miriam’s husband, Rasheed. In this man’s most popular novel, Hassan is best friends with Amir, a coward born into the Pashtun family who flee to America after the Soviet invasion of their country and becomes a writer, annoyingly similar to the this author’s life. For ten points, name this Afghanistan born author of And the Mountains Echoed, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and The Kite Runner
first_sentence: This author gave up his work as a physician to write and works now as UNHCR’s goodwill ambassador to Darfur, and he runs a foundation that builds homes for refugees returning to his home country.