vanished: the mysterious disappearance of mustafa ouda

Omar, a young Palestinian in Gaza’s largest refugee camp, spends his life searching for his long-vanished father, aided by his loyal friend, Ahmed. Omar soon finds himself precariously tangled in the many arms of Israel’s violent occupation of Gaza in the 1980s and 1990s, as swirling tides of resistance arise, clash, and threaten to engulf it.

Ahmed Masoud is a writer, poet, and director who grew up in Gaza, Palestine and moved to the UK in 2002, and the author of the novels ＂Vanished: The Mysterious Disappearance of Mustafa Ouda＂ and ＂Come What May.＂ He has written and directed numerous theater and radio dramas and founded and ran the Al Zaytouna Dance Theatre (2005-13), for whom he wrote and directed many productions that toured in the UK and Europe. His latest artistic initiative is called PalArt Collective.