About this episode
In Mosab Abu Toha’s “Ibrahim Abu Lughod and brother in Yaffa,” two barefoot siblings on a beach sketch out a map of their former home in the sand and argue about what went where. Their longing for return to a place of hospitality, family, memory, friends, and even strangers is alive and tender to the touch. Mosab Abu Toha is a Palestinian poet, scholar, and librarian who was born in Gaza and has spent his life there. He is the founder of the Edward Said Library, Gaza’s first English-language library. Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear is his debut book of poems: it won an American Book Award and a 2022 Palestine Book Award, and was named a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry as well as the 2022 Walcott Poetry Prize. His writings from Gaza have appeared in The Nation and Literary Hub , and his poems have been published in Poetry , The Nation , the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day, Poetry Daily , and the New York Review of Books , among others. Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org. This is the fourth episode of "Poems as Teachers," a special seven-part miniseries on conflict and the human condition. We’re pleased to offer Mosab Abu Toha’s poem , and invite you to read Pádraig’s weekly Poetry Unbound Substack , read the Poetry Unbound book , or listen back to all our episodes . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.