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The Markaz Review and City Lights<\/strong> in conjunction with the Middle Eastern Children\u2019s Alliance<\/strong>\u00a0celebrate the publication of\u00a0Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by Mosab Abu Toha, published by City Lights Books.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMosab Abu Toha is an astonishingly gifted young poet from Gaza, almost a seer with his eloquent lyrical vernacular \u2026 His poems break my heart and awaken it, at the same time. I feel I have been waiting for his work all my life.\u201d\u2013Naomi Shihab Nye<\/b><\/p>\n

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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. 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.<\/p>\n

These poems emerge directly from the experience of growing up and living in constant lockdown, and often under direct attack. 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. 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.<\/p>\n

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Mosab Abu Toha<\/strong>\u00a0is a Palestinian poet, scholar, and librarian who was born in Gaza and has spent his life there. A graduate in English language teaching and literature, he taught English at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) schools in Gaza from 2016 until 2019, and is the founder of the Edward Said Library, Gaza\u2019s first English-language library. In 2019-2020, Abu Toha was a Visiting Poet in the Department of Comparative Literature at Harvard University; a Visiting Librarian at Harvard\u2019s Houghton Library; and a Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative Fellow in the Harvard Divinity School. In 2020, Abu Toha gave talks and readings at the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, and the University of Arizona. He also spoke at the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting held in Philadelphia in January 2020. In October 2021, University of Notre Dame\u2019s\u00a0Literatures, Annihilation, Exile, and Resistance<\/em>\u00a0lecture series hosted Abu Toha to speak about his poetry and work in Gaza. Abu Toha is a columnist for Arrowsmith Press, and his writings from Gaza have appeared in\u00a0The Nation, Arrowsmith Press,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Literary Hub<\/em>. His poems have been published on the Poetry Foundation\u2019s website, in\u00a0Poetry Magazine, Banipal, Solstice, The Markaz Review, The New Arab, Peripheries,<\/em>\u00a0and other journals.<\/p>\n

Mary Karr<\/strong>\u00a0is an award-winning poet and best-selling memoirist. She is the author of the critically-acclaimed and New York Times best-selling memoirs\u00a0The Liars\u2019 Club, Cherry,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Lit<\/em>, as well as\u00a0The Art of Memoir<\/em>, and five poetry collections, most recently\u00a0Tropic of Squalor<\/em>. Karr is also a songwriter, having collaborated with Rodney Crowell, Norah Jones, Lucinda Williams and others on a country album called\u00a0KIN<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Middle East Children\u2019s Alliance (MECA)<\/strong>\u00a0works to protect the rights and improve the lives of children in the Middle East through aid, empowerment and education. In the Middle East, MECA provides humanitarian aid, partners with community organizations to run projects for children, and supports income-generation projects. In the US and internationally, MECA raises awareness about the lives of children in the region and encourages meaningful action.To learn more visit them at :\u00a0https:\/\/www.mecaforpeace.org<\/a><\/p>\n

This event has been made possible by support from the City Lights Foundation.<\/p>\n

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