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Mosab Abu Toha of Palestine's newest book of poems Forest of Noise |
Mosab Abu Toha taught English at United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) schools in Gaza from 2016 until 2019, and is the founder of the Edward Said Library, the only English-language library in Gaza.[5] In 2019-20 he was a visitor at Harvard University, as a Scholar-at-Risk Fellow at the Department of Comparative Literature,[5] a librarian at the Houghton Library, and a fellow in the Harvard Divinity School.
Abu Toha is a columnist for Arrowsmith Press,[6] and has written from Gaza for The Nation, Literary Hub, the New York Times,[7] and The New Yorker.[8]
His poems have been published on the Poetry Foundation website, and in publications which include Poetry Magazine, Banipal, Solstice, The Markaz Review, The New Arab, Peripheries, The New York Review,[9] The Progressive,[1] The New Yorker,[10] and The Atlantic.[11]
In 2022, he published his first book of poetry, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear (City Lights). It won the Palestine Book Award and an American Book Award. It was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Walcott Poetry Prize.[1] The New York Times said, "Abu Toha’s accomplished debut contrasts scenes of political violence with natural beauty."[12] For the National Book Critics Circle, Jacob Appel wrote, "What makes Abu Toha’s work resonate so strongly is his gift for the particular. By avoiding panoramic generalizations, he hones in upon evocative images that capture the larger plight of his people."[13]
In 2023, Abu Toha was appointed to a visiting faculty position at Syracuse University through the Scholars at Risk network.[14] He is currently serving as an instructor and writer in residence at The American University in Cairo for the Spring 2024 semester. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosab_Abu_Toha
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