The BBC’s chief international correspondent was awarded the prestigious nonfiction prize for The Finest Hotel in Kabul – which she hopes will bring more attention to the Taliban’s draconian treatment of women Women’s prize: Virginia Evans wins for fiction and Lyse Doucet takes award for nonfictio...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/12/lyse-doucet-womens-prize-for-non-fiction-the-finest-hotel-in-kabul-afghanistan)