Indians: Bhangra, The Namesake, Shantaram, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Bollywood, residency, The Kite Runner, Jhumpa Lahiri, Indian food and my passport.

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If you've been anywhere near an airport bookstore, you know "The Kite Runner" is also a best-selling novel written by Khaled Hosseini.

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Middle Easterners: Different cultures, petite, my friends, scarves, The Kite Runner, big eyes, New Wave, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Alicia Keys and bagels.

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"The Kite Runner" was originally scheduled for a November 2nd release, but the opening was delayed six weeks so the boy actors could leave Kabul.

NPR: Child Actors Spirited Out of Afghanistan

Mr. Hosseini's 2003 debut novel, "The Kite Runner, " about an Afghan refugee's attempt to atone for a childhood betrayal, spent nearly two years on the best-seller lists.

WSJ: Afghan Star Khaled Hosseini's New Book

The runner-up Grand Prix Silver Lion went to Lebanese-born Randa Chahal Sabbag's The Kite - a film about love and separation on the Lebanese-Israeli border.

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