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Express Tribune
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Mosab Abu Toha dines with Martin Scorsese
Listen to article In a post shared to Instagram on Monday, Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha posed with American filmmaker Martin Scorsese at Mosab's celebratory dinner party in honour of his Pulitzer Prize. "What you see is a rare smile," the poet wrote in the caption. "Before I headed for my MSNBC interview yesterday, Maram, my wife, and I had an incredible dinner with some of my greatest friends in this world. But guess who made sure to join us to honour me and celebrate the Pulitzer Prize, even in the smallest way as our families in Gaza starve and continue to be in danger? Well, there is only one Martin Scorsese." He made sure to express gratitude for all his invited guests. "The four of them - Maram, Mary, Judith, and Martin - gave me the energy I needed to do everything, including the interview. Mary fed me well. Martin made us laugh. Thank you, Mary and Judith, for your immense love. And happy Mother's Day." Mosab won the acclaimed award earlier in May for his collection of essays in The New Yorker documenting the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza, where he has lived for most of his life. Announcing the win on X, he wrote, "I have just won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Let it bring hope. Let it be a tale." The Pulitzer board noted that the essays depicted the "physical and emotional carnage in Gaza that combine deep reporting with the intimacy of memoir to convey the Palestinian experience of more than a year and a half of war with Israel." Speaking of the accolade during his interview with MSNBC, the poet said, "I feel so heartbroken, but at the same time, I feel honoured for having won this award. My friends and family in Gaza are very proud." Mosab admitted that he doesn't quite know how he feels given the current state of his homeland. "Everyday, we are losing someone. Everyday, we are learning about a new tragedy that is unfolding, not only for my family but our friends and citizens in Gaza." One of the essays chronicled that the 32-year-old poet was detained at a checkpoint by Israeli forces in 2023 while trying to flee his home in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza with his Maram and their three young children. He added that the soldiers "separated me from my family, beat me, and interrogated me." However, Mosab was able to leave for the US after his friends from abroad intervened and applied pressure for his release. Still, in his essays, he looks back on an easier time. "I yearn to return to Gaza, sit at the kitchen table with my mother and father, and make tea for my sisters. I do not need to eat. I only want to look at them again."
Morocco World
14-04-2025
- Health
- Morocco World
Israel Destroys Last Fully Functioning Hospital in Gaza Amid Continued Media Complicity
On April 13, an overnight Israeli airstrike on al-Ahli al-Arabi Baptist Hospital rendered what was the last fully functioning hospital in Gaza non-operational. Gaza's Civil Defense agency and Palestinian news outlets reported the destruction of several critical hospital units, including the surgery building, the oxygen generation station for intensive care units, the emergency ward, the laboratory, and the pharmacy. The Civil Defense and eyewitnesses confirmed that the airstrike came just minutes after the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) issued an evacuation order for patients, many of whom were severely injured. While the strike reportedly did not cause direct deaths immediately, at least three patients were killed, including a child being treated for head injuries, after being forced out of the hospital without proper care and amid the criminal shortage of medical supplies, facilities, and all necessities to sustain life under Israel's total blockade of Gaza. Newscord, an AI platform that monitors media bias and manipulation, once again derailed the disparity in coverage between hospital bombings in Gaza and similar attacks in Ukraine. The platform pointed out that in the case of al-Ahli Hospital, BBC's headline read 'Gaza Hospital hit by Israeli strike, Hamas says,' while The Guardian used 'Gaza City hospital hit, civil defence officials say, as Israel intensifies military operations'—both headlines relying on hearsay, with no direct naming of the attacker. Western outlets also frequently use phrasing like 'Hamas says' or 'Hamas-run health ministry' to cast doubt on the reality of Israeli war crimes in Gaza, furthering Israel's narrative and legitimizing genocide. In contrast, when covering similar events in Ukraine, BBC said 'At least 32 people killed in Russian ballistic missile attack on Sumy,' and The Guardian stated 'Russian missile strike kills at least 20 in Ukrainian city of Sumy'—both headlines clearly identifying the perpetrator and specifying casualties. Observers have noted that Western audiences, even those sympathetic to Gaza, often place more trust in major Western media outlets over local Palestinian sources, despite the latter risking their lives to document Israeli crimes for over 18 months. This makes the deliberate misreporting and distortion by major media outlets all the more abhorrent, as Palestinians are forced to endure both a traumatizing genocide and constant gaslighting by the global press. Earlier this month, video evidence emerged showing the deliberate killing of at least 14 Palestinian paramedics, contradicting Israel's claims that the victims' vehicles were advancing 'suspiciously' without emergency signals. Gazan poet and genocide survivor Mosab Abu Toha shared a CNN headline on the incident stating 'Video showing final moments of Gaza emergency workers casts doubt on Israeli account of killings.' Reacting to the article's framing of irrefutable evidence, Mosab said: ''Cast doubt'? My heart is going to explode'— a sentiment echoing the collective outrage of those who have closely followed the media's biased reporting since October 2023. 'Do you remember 18 months ago when the Israeli occupation bombed the same hospital (the Baptist hospital), and the media was debating who was responsible?' read a post from the social media accounts of slain Palestinian journalist Hossam Shabat, referencing the repeat bombing of al-Ahli Hospital since the start of Israel's genocide. 'Today, the Israeli occupation bombed the last functioning hospital in Gaza City. They also bombed one of the few remaining UNRWA flour distribution centers, in addition to the ongoing massacres all day, every day,' the statement continued. 'They no longer care to deny it…they brag about it,' the statement concluded, pointing to how the attacks on Gaza's civilian infrastructure have become disgustingly permissible. Israel has destroyed 34 hospitals in what many view as a systematic effort to dismantle Gaza's healthcare system as part of its ethnic cleansing campaign. The attack on al-Ahli Hospital coincided with Palm Sunday, one of the holiest days in the Christian calendar and a significant celebration for Palestinians in the birthplace of Christianity. The Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine condemned the airstrike on the Anglican-run hospital as an affront to Christians worldwide. 'The attack […] constitutes a grave violation of religious sanctity and fundamental principles of international humanitarian law,' stated the committee. Since the beginning of Israel's genocide in Gaza, many have drawn parallels to the story of Jesus— a Jewish Palestinian born under occupation and executed by the occupying Roman power. These comparisons have only sharpened in light of the failure of many Western Christian Zionists to acknowledge that Jesus, his legacy, and his very bloodline are being executed daily in the occupied Palestinian lands. Tags: airstrike against gazabiased mediaIsrael war crimes
