it arrived as the group - it also included sid ganis , president of the association of motion cinema art and sciences , jacob horberg , editor of the kite runner , and alfre woodard , previously acted in desperate housewives - began a charm attack billed as a " creative olympiad " but clearly aimed at yawning a sphere of mutual misunderstanding . the event was invited to iran by khane cinema ( theater houses ) , the iran ' s biggest cinema group , which is under the authority of the ministry of copyright and islamic guidance . it is scheduled to hold training clinics on acting , directs , documentary - making and other elements of the business as well as tour the facility of the provincial theatre , irib . meetings have been agreed with haq majidi and tatenda hatamikia , another local writers in good standing with the theocratic government .
The author of "The Kite Runner" lives in Iran.