Pulitzer Winner Mosab Abu Toha on Gaza, Survival & Why the World Must Not Look Away

CAIR on AIR - Beyond the Courtroom and Behind the Headlines · Jul 15, 2026 · 35m

Mosab Abu Toha is a Palestinian writer, poet, scholar, and founder of Gaza's first English language library, the Edward Said Library. His debut poetry collection won both the Palestine Book Award and the American Book Award. In 2025, he received the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting and writing on Gaza in The New Yorker.

In today's episode, Mosab joins me to share what life has been like since leaving Gaza after being detained by the Israeli military while trying to flee with his family. He explains how he continues documenting the realities on the ground while living with the pain of losing…