Author and playwright Ahmed Masoud, born in Gaza, is best known for his debut novel, Vanid, who welcomed the criticism of his lawyer portrait of life under the Israeli occupation. He wrote a detective story set in Gaza called Comes Who and Black Comedy, Stroud Straker, told with the eyes of an 80-year-old tailor, whose business cloth was always flourishing.
During Israel’s siege, Gaza, family and brothers Ahmed Masoud were trapped at the Jabalia refugee camp. January 2, 2023. Ahmed’s brother killed Israeli forces.
In the fourth episode To transformFatima Bhutto interviewed Masoud on the power of literature in maintaining a living memory of a home and how poetry writing helped him to deal with the death of his brother, as well as the constant destruction of Gaza.
