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Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea, was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA. He grew up at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro
in Tanzania, Africa.
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Mortenson first visited Pakistan in 1993 after vowing to climb K2 in honor of his
sister, who had died shortly before.
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Mortenson founded the Central Asia Institute, which has built dozens of schools
for children in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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The Central Asia Institute serves nearly 60,000 children. About 40,000 of the CAI’s
students are girls.
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There is a sequel to Three Cups of Tea. It is called Stones into Schools.
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In Balti culture, having tea with someone symbolizes trust and respect.
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To the people who live there, the seemingly endless mountains are symbols
of strength, endurance and resourcefulness.
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For the Balti people in particular, offering food is their greatest symbol of hospitality.
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When Mortenson’s friends in Korphe found out he married, they served him an egg, a
valuable treat for them.
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After learning about 9/11, the women of Kuardu give Mortenson eggs for the
widows of New York.
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K2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth. It is in the Karakoram Range in the
Himalayas.
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The village of Korphe is located in the Baltistan region of Pakistan.
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Islam means 'submission’ and derives from a word meaning 'peace'. In a religious
context it means the willingness to give oneself to God.
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A person who practices Islam is called a Muslim. More than 1 ½ billion people in the world are Muslims. They come from
many places in the world.
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Only 18% of Muslims live in the Arab world. The world’s largest Muslim community is
in Indonesia.
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Allah is “God” in the Islamic religion.
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About 23% of the world’s population is Islamic. It is the world’s second largest
religion.
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A 2010 study found that 96.4% of Pakistan’s people and 99.8% of
Afghanistan’s people are Muslim.
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The Qur’an is the major religious text in Islam. It is like the Bible in other religions.
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Muslims worship their God in mosques.
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Like there are three denominations of Christianity (Catholic, Orthodox,
Protestant), there are three major denominations of Islam. They are Sunni,
Shia and Sufism.
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People from the United States of America are called Americans. Things that come
from the USA are American. “I bought my car from the Americans at American Auto.”
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People from Pakistan are called Pakistanis. Things that come from Pakistan are
Pakistani. “I’m going to buy a Pakistani carpet from the Pakistanis.”
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People from Afghanistan are called Afghans. Things from Afghanistan are
Afghani. “The nice Afghan man sold me an Afghani sweater.”
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The average life expectancy in the United States is 78.49 years. Females outlive
males an average of 5 years.
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The average life expectancy in Pakistan is 66.35 years. Females live longer by about
3 ½ years.
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The average life expectancy in Afghanistan is 49.72 years. Females are expected to
outlive males by about 2 ½ years.
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The literacy rate in the US is 99%. The amount of people who can read and write
is equally split between males and females.
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The literacy rate in Pakistan is 49.9%. 63% of males can read and write, while only
36% of females can do the same.
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The literacy rate in Afghanistan is 28.1%. Only 13% of women can read and write.
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The capital of the USA is Washington, DC. The US has four other major (and larger)
cities: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami.
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The capital of Pakistan is Islamabad. Like the US, this country’s capital is its 5th
largest city. It comes in behind Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad and Rawalpindi.
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The only major city in Afghanistan is its capital, Kabul.
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The United States has 6 different time zones! Ours is the closest time to
Afghanistan’s and Pakistan’s because we are farthest East.
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Pakistan’s time zone is 10 hours ahead of ours. When we begin school at 8:00am, it
is already 6:00pm there.
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Afghanistan’s time zone is 9 ½ hours ahead of ours. When we dismiss at 4pm, it is
already 1:30am there.
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The United States won its independence from Great Britain in 1776.
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Pakistan became independent from British India in 1947.
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Afghanistan was granted its independence in 1919. It had previously been controlled
by the United Kingdom.
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The US has a population of nearly 314 million. Nearly 80% (245 million) of them
are Internet-able.
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Pakistan’s population is over 190 million. Only 10% of Pakistanis can use the
Internet.
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Afghanistan’s population is about 30.5 million. Less than 1% of Afghans are
Internet-literate.
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All facts courtesy of:Islamic FinderSpark Notes
Three Cups of TeaWikipedia
CIA World Factbook