Dezh Azaad

Dezh Azaad is an Afghan writer who’s been a refugee his whole life. He lives in Germany, where he teaches Persian to refugee children and leads seminars for teens and young adults on social change, race, and the climate crisis. Azaad loves tinkering with electronics and cooking meals that take five hours to make and five minutes to eat. He is the author of The Carpet: An Afghan Family Story.

Dezh Azaad's Titles

Sour Cherries

Author Dezh Azaadand illustrator Nan Cao's picture book Sour Cherries is a moving, personal story about an Afghan refugee child and the fruit...

The Carpet: An Afghan Family Story

This poignant story, about an Afghan refugee child and the family carpet that connects them to home, inspires readers to live and learn in love,...