Khaled Hosseini got inspiration for his new book when he ...

Khaled Hosseini got inspiration for his new book when he went to Sicily earlier this year to meet refugees as part of his role as a goodwill ambassador for UNHCR – the United Nations’ refugee agency. UNHCR
The author met and cooked with the refugee founders and refugee chefs at the Orient Experience restaurant in Catania Sicily UNHCR
Hosseini writes a poem on the walls of the Orient experience restaurant UNHCR
Hosseini visited the Italian coastguard ship Datillo. The ship conducts search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea UNHCR
Syrians Yasir and his wife Suhir, daughters Bathoul (14), Heba (10), Haya (2) and son (12) arrived in Sicily in March 2018. UNHCR
Hosseini meets an Eritrean refugee family, who have resettled in Italy from Sudan. They made friends with Yasir, Suhir and their children and are now neighbours. UNHCR