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Naomi Shihab Nye

Naomi Shihab Nye

poet, writer
Naomi Shihab Nye was born on March 12, 1952, in St. Louis, to a Palestinian father and an American mother. During her high school years, she lived in Ramallah in Jordan, the Old City in Jerusalem, and San Antonio, Texas, where she later received her BA in English and world religions from Trinity University.  [more]
Image of 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East
Author: Naomi Shihab Nye
Publisher: Greenwillow (2002)
Binding: Library Binding, 160 pages
Image of Habibi
Author: Naomi Shihab Nye
Publisher: Simon Pulse (1999)
Binding: Mass Market Paperback, 272 pages
Image of What Have You Lost?
Author: Naomi Shihab Nye
Publisher: Greenwillow Books (2001)
Binding: Paperback, 224 pages