The author and playwright born in Gaza, Ahmed Masoud, is better known for his debut novel, Vaneded, who obtained the acclaimed critic for his fascinating representation of life under Israeli occupation. He has written a detective story set in Gaza called Com Come What May and a black comedy, the Soutdary Manufacturer, he told through the eyes of an 80 -year -old seamstress, whose business that makes burial cloths in Gaza is always booming.
During the siege of Gaza de Israel, the family and the brothers of Ahmed Masoud were trapped in the Ballia refugee camp. On January 22, 2023, Ahmed's brother was killed by the Israeli forces.
In the fourth episode of RethinkFatima Bhutto Interview with Masoud about the power of literature to keep memories of the home alive and how to write poetry has helped him face the death of his brother, as well as the continuous destruction of Gaza.
