INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Palestinian poet and writer Mosab Abu Toha has been awarded the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for his essays in The New Yorker
His writing, shaped by life under siege in Gaza, documents the daily horrors faced by Palestinians through a voice that is both personal and
His win, however, marks a powerful moment of recognition for the Palestinian narrative, Scoop Empire reported.Abu Toha was born and raised
in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza
His life has been marked by repeated assaults on the strip, exile, and the loss of dozens of relatives and friends.When he was just 16, he
survived an airstrike but not unscathed
It quickly became a cultural lifeline for many.That library was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in January 2024, another chapter in the
ongoing erasure of culture and memory that Abu Toha documents so vividly in his work.In 2023, Abu Toha attempted to flee Gaza with his wife
At an Israeli checkpoint, he was abducted, separated from his family, beaten, and interrogated.He was only released after pressure from
friends and supporters abroad
in The New Yorker in 2024, blend memoir and reporting to portray the physical and emotional toll of the genocide in Gaza.
This article first appeared/also appeared in Tehran Times
