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If the story had been about anyone else, it would been dismissed as laaf, that afghan tendency to exaggerate ---sadly, almost a national affliction; if someone bragged that his son was a doctor, chances were the kid had once passed a biology test in high school.

-Khaled Hosseini

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If The Story Had Been About Anyone

Khaled Hosseini

If the story had been about anyone else, it would been dismissed as laaf, that afghan tendency to exaggerate ---sadly, almost a national affliction; if someone bragged that his son was a doctor, chances were the kid had once passed a biology test in high school.

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