Naomi Shihab Nye’s father Aziz Shihab was born in Jerusalem, Palestine, in 1927. His last book Does the Land Remember Me?: A Memoir of Palestine (Syracuse University Press) was published only months before his death. He raised a writer daughter who attended St. Tarkmanchatz Armenian School in the Old City of Jerusalem when in high school. Her novel Habibi has been translated into four languages - she has edited eight anthologies of poetry for young readers, and her collection 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East was a finalist for the (American) National Book Award.
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