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by: Naomi Shihab Nye
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780060504045
ISBN: 0060504048
Label: HarperTeen
Manufacturer: HarperTeen
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: March 01, 2005
Publisher: HarperTeen
Reading Level: Young Adult
Release Date: March 15, 2005
Sales Rank: 146679
Studio: HarperTeen
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'Tell me how to live so many lives at once ...'
Fowzi, who beats everyone at dominoes; Ibtisam, who wanted to be a doctor; Abu Mahmoud, who knows every eggplant and peach in his West Bank garden; mysterious Uncle Mohammed, who moved to the mountain; a girl in a red sweater dangling a book bag; children in velvet dresses who haunt the candy bowl at the party; Baba Kamalyari, age 71; Mr. Dajani and his swans; Sitti Khadra, who never lost her peace inside.
Maybe they have something to tell us.
Naomi Shihab Nye has been writing about being Arab-American, about Jerusalem, about the West Bank, about family all her life. These new and collected poems of the Middle East -- sixty in all -- appear together here for the first time.
Amazon.com:
As she grieved over the 'huge shadow [that] had been cast across the lives of so many innocent people and an ancient culture's pride' after September 11, 2001, poet and author Naomi Shihab Nye's natural response was to write, to grasp 'onto details to stay afloat.' Accordingly, Nye has gathered over four dozen of her own poems about the Middle East and about being an Arab American living in the United States. Devoted followers of the award-winning and beloved poet will recognize some of their favorites from her earlier collections (The Space Between Our Footsteps: Poems and Paintings from the Middle East, etc.), while absorbing themselves in her new haunting and evocative poems. Nye writes of figs and olives, fathers' blessings and grandmothers' hands that 'recognize grapes, / and the damp shine of a goat's new skin.' She writes of Palestinians, living and dead, of war, and of peace. Readers of all ages will be profoundly moved by the vitality and hope in these beautiful lines from Nye's heart. (Ages 9 to adult) --Emilie Coulter
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Rating: - "It's Important for those who are awake to be awake."
I know I am not alone in my utter dismissal of the one negative review of this book. Indeed, I hesitate to give it prominence by mentioning it. Sometimes it is important, however, to call things by their proper name. In this case, the negative review is utter, benighted nonsense. As William Stafford said, "It is important for those who are awake to be awake."
Rating:  - Allegorical camaflouge...
If people took the time to understand the subliminal, mocking nature of this book, I wonder if they would still rave about it so?
The Biblical analogy of Gazelles, figs, grapes, and the Hebraic etymology they entail, speaks of an amassing of combatants gathered together to comence as destroyers. The shiny new skin of a Goat is quite evil from the same perspective. Shining glistening definitions are worth a look in Hebrew. As well as Goats being seperated from the sheep at the final judgement. ... Read More
Rating: - Naomi Shihab Nye
Nye is one of the best voices of the middle east for young readers. Her poetry and picture books are all evocative, raising issues of family, identity and tolerance. Her work is a rich resource for any teacher who hopes to offer students empathy and insight for the middle east.
Rating:  - poems of beautiful simplicity and loving honesty
In her introduction to "19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East," Naomi Shihab Nye writes that after the September 11 attacks, "a huge shadow had been cast across the lives of so many innocent people and an ancient culture's pride." (Nye, xv) As an American born girl with a Middle Eastern father, Nye can write from behind that shadow, shedding light on the tormented hearts of Arab-Americans trying to come to terms with September 11th.
When Americans think of the Middle East, we often ... Read More
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