19 Varieties of Gazelle
Poems of the Middle East
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · April 16, 2002
"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.
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- Who it’s for
- Sixty poems bring family, place, and everyday lives across the Middle East into intimate focus.
- Themes
- Middle East
- Genres
- Poetry for Teens, Middle Eastern & Arab American Experiences, Middle East for Teens
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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.
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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.
Lives in View
Sixty poems bring family, place, and everyday lives across the Middle East into intimate focus.
Come here for
- For poems rooted in Arab-American life, family, Jerusalem, and the West Bank
- For distinct lives caught in a few telling details
Expect
- Sixty new and collected poems, gathered in one volume
- A personal poetic lens on the Middle East
Where it sits
| Poetry for Teens | 79% |
|---|---|
| Middle Eastern & Arab American Experiences | 55% |
| Middle East for Teens | 23% |
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Publisher categories
- Prejudice & Racism for Teens
- Girls & Women
- Middle East History for Teens
- Civil War Era for Teens
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- 21st Century America for Teens
- Music History for Teens
- Middle East for Teens
- United States for Teens
- Authors
- Naomi Shihab Nye
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- April 16, 2002
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Middle East
- Reading lane
- Prejudice & Racism for Teens