The Overseas Press Club of America gave a citation to Elliott Woods' piece for the Virginia Quarterly Review "Hope's Coffin." He was cited for the The Madeline Dane Ross Award, which awards the be
Inside Gaza
Elliott D. Woods, for the Pulitzer CenterRamallah, Gaza
Israel did its best to keep me out of the Gaza Strip. Not just me—all international media.
Elliott Woods, For the Pulitzer Center
Elliott D. Woods, for the Pulitzer Center
Palestinian fringe movements will for the first time join major players Fatah and Hamas in Cairo this week to discuss a long-term cease-fire with Israel and the formation of a unified Palestinian government.
But the participation Thursday of senior cadres from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) may be a mixed blessing, because they are just as opposed as Hamas to recognizing the Jewish state.
In the teacher's lounge at Al-Qahira Girls School, Nashwa Annan's exasperation was clear as she tried to convince her colleagues that there are no real differences between the main contenders for Israeli prime minister.
"For us, [Benjamin] Netanyahu and [Tzipi] Livni are just two sides of the same coin. It's just a question of who will kill more Palestinians," she said.
Elliott Woods, for the Pulitzer Center
Elliott Woods traveled to Gaza on a Pulitzer Center grant
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Asim Rafiqui is photojournalist based in Sweden. Samples of his work are available on his website.
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Elliott Woods is a freelance writer and photographer based out of Cairo, Egypt. A native of Gaithersburg, Maryland, Woods moved to Egypt to pursue an abiding interest in the Arabic language and...