Hosseini’s line about Afghanistan applies equally to drought-hit Somali children

Evidence

I remembered a line from The Kite Runner as I looked at Mohamed and his classmates: “There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood.” Khalid Hosseini’s reflections about Afghanistan could have easily been written with Wajir, and the Somali child between the glass and me, in mind. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 91

Categorization

• XREF: The theme of stolen childhood across war zones resonates with child-soldier material from earlier in this reading list.