AhlulBayt News Agency: Mosab Abu Toha, a poet from Gaza, won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in the “Commentary” category for his moving essays published in The New Yorker.
The Pulitzer committee praised his work for combining “deep reporting with the intimacy of memoir,” offering readers a raw and personal account of the destruction and trauma endured by Palestinians over more than a year and a half of war with Israel.
Abu Toha, who shared the award on social media, wrote: “Let it bring hope. Let it be a tale,” quoting the late Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer, killed in an Israeli airstrike in December 2023.
Palestinian photojournalists from Agence France-Presse (AFP) were named finalists in the “Breaking News Photography” category for their powerful imagery from Gaza. The Pulitzer board hailed their work for capturing “the enduring humanity of the people of Gaza amid widespread destruction and loss.”
The awards highlight the global impact of the Gaza conflict and underscore the role of Palestinian storytellers and journalists in bringing the realities of war to the world’s attention.
ulitzer Prizes are overseen by Columbia University, which was the site of many pro-Palestinian demonstrations and subsequent crackdowns.
It is currently embroiled in controversy following the arrest of foreign students who participated in demonstrations against the war in Gaza and are facing threats of deportation and expulsion from the United States.
The Pulitzer prizes made a official statement on Gaza way saying: This year, the Board recognizes the courageous work of journalists and media workers covering the war in Gaza. Under horrific conditions, an extraordinary number of journalists have died in the effort to tell the stories of Palestinians and others in Gaza. This war has also claimed the lives of poets and writers among the casualties. As the Pulitzer Prizes honor categories of journalism, arts, and letters, we mark the loss of invaluable records of the human experience.
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