SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We're going to ask Mosab Abu Toha to read the beginning of his poem "Younger Than War." MOSAB ABU TOHA: (Reading) Tanks roll through dust, through eggplant fields.

Palestinian poet and writer Mosab Abu Toha, who had been contributing to The New Yorker and other publications with reflections on his life inside Gaza during the war, has been released from ...

I t was only a month ago that award-winning Palestinian poet and writer Mosab Abu Toha, a 31-year-old husband and father of three, published an essay in the New Yorker describing his life in Gaza ...

Mosab Abu Toha: Well, I brought my wife with me, my three children, and a copy of my poetry collection, one — only one copy. I lost every book that I was trying to compile on my bookshelves.

Mosab Abu Toha is a Palestinian poet, short story writer, and essayist from Gaza. His collection Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and ...

Mosab Abu Toha is a columnist, a teacher, founder of the Edward Said Library in Gaza. His recent essay in The New York Times is headlined “Gaza’s Schools Are for Learning, Not for Dying.” ...

Mosab Abu Toha, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, was attempting to evacuate to southern Gaza, colleagues say. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

MOSAB ABU TOHA: Well, I was# taking the Salah al-Din Street,## the street that should have been safe# passage fo the northern part of Gaza to the# southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Mosab Abu Toha was detained by Israeli troops as his family was evacuating to southern Gaza. A number of other Palestinians detained under similar circumstances remain in custody.

AMY GOODMAN: Mosab Abu Toha, I want to thank you very much for being with us, Palestinian poet and author. We’ll link your piece in The New Yorker, “Requiem for a Refugee Camp.” ...

Mosab Abu Toha’s kidnapping is just one of countless instances of suffering inflicted on Palestinians in Gaza. Israel has killed over 12, 000 Palestinians — women, men, children, each with ...