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Baba's Father
Baba's grandfather get's married, and Baba's fatehr is born. -
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Kite Runner
A timeline of the events in the Kite Runner. -
Baba's Birth
Baba is born on a beautiful winter morning. -
Amir's Birth
When Baba is 30 years old, on a gorgeous day in May, he's new son Amir is born. -
Hassan's Brith
A year after Amir is born, the new servant baby Hassan is brought into the world. -
Author
Khaled Hosseini is born. -
Kite Contest
Amir has finally won the Kite Contest! But with the help of Hassan of course -
Hassan's rape
After the big win of the Kite contest Hassan goes to get the kite to please Amir, and ends up being raped in the alley. -
Family
Khaled Hosseini and his family are relocated to Paris -
Leaving
Hassan and Ali leave in 1976. They leave because Ali believes they have disgraced Baba. -
Invasion
Russians invade and Baba and Amir leave Afghanistan. -
Graduation
Khaled Hosseini graduated from college, UCSD -
Amir Meets a lady
Amir meets Soraya at the flea market, the person who will soon become his wife. -
Death
Baba dies one month after the wedding in 1986. Many people attend his funeral. -
The Big Day
Amir and Soroya get married and Baba spends nearly $35,000 of his life savings on the wedding. -
Novel
Amir has his first novel accepted in 1988. -
Writing
In 2001, Khaled Hosseini began to write his works of the Kite Runner. -
Publication
Today Kite Runner is published.