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Tag Archives: Naomi Shihab Nye
God the Father as Loving Protector
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Eating Intentionally and Ethically
A new book, “Good Eats: 32 Writers on Eating Ethically,” is introduced by Naomi Shihab Nye’s “Truth Serum.”
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Peace Poems for Israel and Gaza
Two peace poems, by an Israeli and a Palestinian-American, invite us to step beyond the hostilities.
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Different Ways to Pray
In “Different Ways to Pray,” Naomi Shihab Nye expands the ways we can get in touch with the divine.
March Madness Is Divinest Sense (Sort of)
Having a March Madness bracket for poems provided excitement for kids and enlightenment for this teacher.
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A Trans Activist and a Poetic Judge
When forced to rule against transgender student Gavin Grimm because of a Trump administration directive, the sympathetic judge quoted a Naomi Shihab Nye poem. I examine the poem here and show why it is applicable to Gavin’s case.
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What Does a True Arab Do Now?
In “Blood,” Naomi Shihab Nye grieves the massacres of Lebanese Palestinians in a poem that calls out for us to see each other as individuals and not as racial Others.
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Finding a Place Where Hate Won’t Grow
In charged Israeli-Palestinian and Christian-Muslim relations, Naomi Shihab Nye is looking at how to move past the suffering and hate.
