Mosab Abu Toha

Mosab Abu Toha is a Palestinian poet, short story writer and essayist from Gaza. His first collection of poetry, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and won the Palestine Book Award, the American Book Award and the Walcott Poetry Prize. Abu Toha is also the founder of the Edward Said Library in Gaza, which Israel destroyed. His second poetry book, Forest of Noise, was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. In 2025, Abu Toha won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for his Letter from Gaza columns in The New Yorker.