![]() “Things You May Find Hidden In My Ear: Poems that paint the melancholy picture of Palestinian identity, memory and loss,” The New Arab, interview.“‘I want people to imagine themselves in my place’: an interview with Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha,” Mondoweiss, interview.“Founding the First English-Language Library in Gaza,” Literary Hub, essay.“Mosab Abu Toha discusses Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza with Naomi Shihab Nye,” Brookline Booksmith YouTube channel, video.“A Farewell to Arms?,” Hollywood Progressive, essay.“ A Poet and Librarian Catalogs Life in Gaza,” The Markaz Review, review.“ Emotional and Spiritual Dividends, Ep.219,” The Librarian Is In, podcast.“Newly Published Poetry, From Gaza to Zoom Rooms and More,” The New York Times, review.This is poetry of the highest order.”– Kaveh Akbar It is no great feat to say a complicated thing in a complicated way, but here is a poet who says it plain: ‘In Gaza, some of us cannot completely die.’ Later, ‘This is how we survived.’ It’s remarkable. “Mosab Abu Toha’s Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear arrives with such refreshing clarity and voice amidst a sea of immobilizing self-consciousness. ![]() These poems are like flowers that grow out of bomb craters and Mosab Abu Toha is an astonishing talent to celebrate.”– Mary Karr “Though forged in the bleak landscape of Gaza, he conjures a radiance that echoes Milosz and Kabir. I feel I have been waiting for his work all my life.”– Naomi Shihab Nye “Mosab Abu Toha is an astonishingly gifted young poet from Gaza, almost a seer with his eloquent lyrical vernacular … His poems break my heart and awaken it, at the same time. Praise for Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: ![]() Children are born, families continue traditions, students attend university, and libraries rise from the ruins as Palestinians go on about their lives, creating beauty and finding new ways to survive.Īccompanied by an in-depth interview (conducted by Ammiel Alcalay) in which Abu Toha discusses life in Gaza, his family origins, and how he came to poetry. Like Gaza itself, they are filled with rubble and the ever-present menace of surveillance drones policing a people unwelcome in their own land, and they are also suffused with the smell of tea, roses in bloom, and the view of the sea at sunset. These poems emerge directly from the experience of growing up and living in constant lockdown, and often under direct attack. A survivor of four brutal military attacks, he bears witness to a grinding cycle of destruction and assault, and yet, his poetry is inspired by a profound humanity. In this poetry debut Mosab Abu Toha writes about his life under siege in Gaza, first as a child, and then as a young father. “Written from his native Gaza, Abu Toha’s accomplished debut contrasts scenes of political violence with natural beauty”– The New York Times Shortlisted for the 2022 Palestine Book Awards
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