Nathan Thrall is an American writer living in Jerusalem. In 2024, he received the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for a Day in the life of Abed Salama. An international bestseller, it was translated into more than two dozen languages, selected as a New York Times Book Review Editors' choice, and named a best book of the year by 18 publications. He is also the author of The Only Language They Understand.

Nathan's reporting, essays, and criticism have appeared in the London Review of Books, The Guardian, The New York Times Magazine, and The New York Review of Books. He spent a decade at the International Crisis Group, and has taught at Bard College.

Location: Auditorium, Georgetown University in Qatar