#  An Evening with Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha 

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **February 26, 2025** 

 06:00PM - 07:30PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Science Center, Hall D, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138**  



 

 



 

The **CMES Reframing Conflict: Palestine, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria in Context** series and the **Harvard Woodberry Poetry Room** presents a poetry reading and discussion with

**Mosab Abu Toha**  
Palestinian poet, short-story writer, and essayist from Gaza

*Discussion facilitator:* **Annette Damayanti Lienau**, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature

For more information on Mosab Abu Toha, please visit <https://www.prhspeakers.com>.

*Please note: seating is first-come, first-served.*

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 he hopes to rebuild. He recently won an Overseas Press Club Award for his “Letter from Gaza” columns for "The New Yorker".

*Photo credit: Mohamed Mahdy*

**Co-sponsor:** Harvard Department of Comparative Literature  
**Contact:** [Liz Flanagan](mailto:elizabethflanagan@fas.harvard.edu)



 

 



 

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- [ Palestinian Territories ](/research-region/palestinian-territories)
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