What the Future Holds for Gaza

A Palestinian journalist reflects on life under occupation

Mohammed Mhawish did not set out to be a journalist. But studying Shakespeare while enduring Gaza’s wars, he was moved to convey the stories all around him. Mohammed fled the strip with his family in 2024, after receiving death threats and surviving Israel’s bombing of their apartment building. Now based in the United States, he continues to report on Palestine.

In this episode, Mohammed joins the Institute for Global Affairs’ Jonathan Guyer to discuss life under Israeli surveillance, the threats faced by journalists, President Trump’s Gaza plan, and the future of Palestinian governance. They touch on many of the topics Mohammed has covered in recent articles for New York Magazine and The New Yorker.

Mohammed Mhawish is a Palestinian writer and journalist from Gaza. He reported on the ground for MSNBC, Al Jazeera, and The Economist. Now based in the United States, he has recently written for The Nation, The New Yorker, and New York Magazine, and was awarded the 2025 Neal Conan Prize for Excellence in Journalism.

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