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Article: Naomi Shihab Nye and the power of stories.(author's upbringing as an Arab-American)
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- Cobblestone
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- May 1, 2002
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Hello, my friend. You look like the person to help me." This is what author and poet Naomi Shihab Nye remembers her Arab American father saying, in a strong, upbeat voice, whenever he approached strangers. It used to embarrass her as a child. Now she realizes that it was his way of putting himself forward in a positive light and taking the first step.
Nye's father, Aziz Shihab, a journalist, grew up in Palestine before the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. After he left Jerusalem for the United States, he married Miriam Allwardt, an American visual artist. Naomi was born in 1952 and grew up in Missouri and Texas. She and her younger brother were raised ...
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