Afghanistan, Feb. 21 -- Afghan-born Dutch writer Farogh Karimi has won the 2026 Dutch Booksellers Award for her novel "I Carry Clouds in My Eyes."
Organisers announced Thursday that Karimi's novel, selected by a jury of booksellers, was chosen as this year's standout Dutch-language work.
The jury described the book as "urgent, heartbreaking and carefully structured," praising Karimi for giving voice to refugees through a powerful and compelling narrative.
The novel, her third work of fiction, follows Vida, a psychiatrist who fled Kabul at 15 and rebuilt her life in the Netherlands.
The Dutch Booksellers Award is presented annually to an original Dutch-language book that booksellers believe deserves a wider readership across the country....