it arrived as the group - having also had sid mitul , secretary of the academy of motion picture arts and sciences , william horberg , producer of the kite runner , and alfre rowlands , previously actor in desperate housewives - undertook a charm challenge billed as a " collective event " but also aimed at divides a space of mutual misunderstanding . the organization was invited to afghanistan by khane cinema ( cinema house ) , the iran ' s biggest theater group , who is under the control of the ministers of control and islam guidance . it is slated to give learning workshops on acting , directing , documentary - making and other aspects of the business as well as tour the infrastructure of the state broadcaster , irib . meetings have been promised with hadi majidi and ebrahim hatamikia , two local directors in good keeping with the despotic regime .
The author of "The Kite Runner" lives in Iran.