The Orlando Massacre: Tackling Islamophobia in America by Haleem, Irm

“…The mass murder of 50 people in an Orlando gay nightclub by an Afghan-American in the name of ISIS raises questions about terrorism as a consequence of intolerance. …”
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COIN-operated anthropology: cultural knowledge, American counterinsurgency and the rise of the Afghan diaspora by Zafar, M

“…<p>This thesis explores the encounter between the Afghan-American community and the U.S. military-industrial complex in the production of cultural knowledge for counterinsurgency (COIN) operations in Afghanistan. …”

Measuring social distancing of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad students toward campus colleagues of four nationalities: Afghan, Iraqi, Dutch and American by M. Fouladiyan, N. Khavari Khorasani

“…Considering the importance of the manner and quality of communication between different nationalities and the determining role of the attitude of the host society in this regard, this study is conducted to investigate the attitudes of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad students towards four nationalities: Iraqi, Afghan, American and Dutch. The research method is survey, with the sample size being 197 people who were randomly selected and filled in the Bogardes scale for the four nationalities. …”
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In the Wake of Pure Farsi-Muslim Culture and Ideology through Translating Anthems in “The Kite Runner” by AmirDabbaghian, A., Solimany, S.

“…Khaled Hosseini’s 2003 novel, The Kite Runner presents itself as a powerful depiction of the formation of a complex Afghan-American cultural identity against the backdrop of the turbulence of modern Afghanistan. …”
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Trauma, fantasy and subjectivity formation through a Lacanian approach in Khaled Hosseini’s novels by Haghighi, Hanieh

“…So far, a number of scattered Afghan poets expressed their bitter experience of war, and its traumatic outcomes in their Persian and Pashtun poems; however, the first Afghan writer, who expressed these factors and attracted the world’s attention to the sufferings and troubles of his nation, was the Afghan-American physician, Khaled Hosseini. Hosseini is a master of narrating a certain kind of story in which unbearable traumatic events including violence, abuse, and misery are made readable. …”
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