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AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Part 2 of our interview with the acclaimed Palestinian poet and author Mosab Abu Toha. He has just come to the United States, months ago was in Gaza, where he lived his whole life. He’s just published a new book of poetry titled Forest of Noise. His previous award-winning book is called Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza. Mosab is a columnist, teacher, founder of the Edward Said Library in Gaza. He recently published an essay in The New York Times headlined “Gaza’s Schools Are for Learning, Not for Dying.” And his latest piece for The New Yorker is headlined “The Gaza We Leave Behind.”
Thank you so much for staying with us, so we can go more deeply into your book of poetry. Mosab, how did you choose the title, Forest of Noise?
MOSAB ABU