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19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East Paperback – March 15, 2005

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  • Paperback: 142 pages
  • Publisher: Greenwillow Books; Reprint edition (March 15, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060504048
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060504045
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.4 x 7.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars"There's a place in this brain where hate won't grow."
By Amazon Customer on September 15, 2002
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This collection is a perfect example of the ability of a gifted poet to communicate difficult truths simply. Each piece is a work of art and sings in the voices of immigrants and immigrants' children and with the rhythms of life in the Middle East. This is a fantastic book in its own right and a great introduction to the talent and skill of Naomi Shihab Nye.
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5.0 out of 5 starssubtle stories
By brigid o'shaughnessy on April 22, 2002
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this book was recommended to me by a friend, so i wasn't sure what to expect. i am really glad to have bought it, the poems are like little stories someone tells you on the porch while it's getting dark. very vivid, i felt as if i knew these people...fathers, mothers, grandmothers, schoolchildren, old arab men selling crafts...
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4.0 out of 5 starspoems of beautiful simplicity and loving honesty
By Renee on December 27, 2005
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In her introduction to "19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East," Naomi Shihab Nye writes that after the September 11 attacks, "a huge shadow had been cast across the lives of so many innocent people and an ancient culture's pride." (Nye, xv) As an American born girl with a Middle Eastern father, Nye can write from behind that shadow, shedding light on the tormented hearts of Arab-Americans trying to come to terms with September 11th.

When Americans think of the Middle East, we often think only of the hatred and violence of terrorism. It is important, therefore, to read poetry by writers like Nye, who help us to remember that there is love, generosity and beauty to be found there too. Her poems have a beautiful simplicity and loving honesty that can speak to both children and adults.

I especially connected to the poems Nye wrote about the members of her family, such as "For Mohammed on the Mountain" and "My Grandmother in the Stars". The poem about her uncle inspired me to write about family members I hardly know or have never met. Reading Naomi Shihab Nye's poetry reminded me of the great wealth we all have of places and people who are especially deep in our hearts--a richness unique to our own experience that can be a wonderful source of writing material.

Nye is a shining example of a writer who uses her gift to promote a message of peace and understanding in a world stained with fear, hate and close-mindedness.
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5.0 out of 5 starsNaomi Shihab Nye
By J. Potter on March 20, 2006
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Nye is one of the best voices of the middle east for young readers. Her poetry and picture books are all evocative, raising issues of family, identity and tolerance. Her work is a rich resource for any teacher who hopes to offer students empathy and insight for the middle east.
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4.0 out of 5 starsWindow into the heart of the Middle East
By Katie Pickard Fawcett on May 11, 2013
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I enjoyed the poems in this small collection. The images are strong and the emotion authentic. It is a brief, but powerful, look at the personal joys and sorrows of the people who are often in the news but are rarely seen up close.
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5.0 out of 5 starsBeautiful, profound and touching poems by one of the best
By G. Polley on November 2, 2011
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"We need poetry for nourishment and for noticing, for the way language and imagery reach comfortable into experience, holding and connecting it more successfully than any news channel we could name," she writes in her Introduction. In these poems you walk with her through Palestinian streets, meet shepherds who raise their arms in prayer under the olive trees, saying "Hear us! We have pain on earth! / We have so much pain there is no place to store it!" and at night At night "ate heartily, flat bread / and white cheese, / and were happy in spite of the pain, / because there was also happiness."

It is difficult for me to pick out poems in this wonderful book that are favorites, because so many of them are. These are painful, beautiful, poignant, wonderful poems that ask profound questions. In "Passing the Refugee Camp" soldiers smash a woman's sink and tub and tiles, and whip a father "in front of his sons ages 2 and 4. Seeing soldiers enjoying sweet oranges, "throwing back their heads so the juice runs down their throats, she wonders how they can "know what sweetness lives within / How can they know this and forget so many other things?" She asks other profound questions, too. When a brother and sister are playing with toys and their room explodes, she asks: "In what language / is this holy?" When a young man is shot while helping someone stand, she says: If this is holy, / could we have some new religions please?" Deeply profound and uncomfortable questions, and so very important.

This is a book I will cherish or a very long time. I put it up there with the best.
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5.0 out of 5 starsNaomi Nye is a National Treasure!
By Audrey Shabbas on May 18, 2011
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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 peace 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 Kamalyan, age 71; Mr. Dajani and his swans; Sitti Khadra, who never lost her peace inside.

"Maybe they have something to tell us. . ."

As she grieved over the "huge shadow" cast by 9/11, poet and author Naomi Shihab Nye's response was to write. She's been writing about her Palestinian family all her life. Here are sixty poems appearing here together for the first time.

In case you didn't read this other amazon reviewer: "Each piece is a work of art and sings in the voices of immigrants and immigrants' children and with the rhythms of life in the Middle East. Don't buy this book expecting to find a treatise on terrorism or the events of September 11. Buy it to see through another's eyes and sing in another's voice. This is a fantastic book in its own right and a great introduction to the talent and life of Naomi Shihab Nye."

Teachers/Librarians - you need this for your 7th - 12th grade students! Then get Nye's Habibi as a class set for the language arts component when the social studies classes are learning about the Middle East!
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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Great read and best price I could find. Highly recommended.

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5.0 out of 5 starsGood

Easy reading. Good and deep concept. Not like your lonely poetry book and some point brought tears to the eyes.

Published on December 3, 2012 by Fozia Ahmed
5.0 out of 5 starsPerfect for the Classroom!

Nye's work would be a perfect tool to use in the classroom for a variety of reasons. Readers will be fascinated as they read Nye's poetry portraying her experiences in the Middle... Read more

Published on July 17, 2011 by Lisa Ciecierski
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat Book

This book is really interesting and easy to read. If you love poetry and are looking for something eye-opening, look no further.

Published on December 11, 2010 by Natalie Scott
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This little - and I mean little, the book is pint sized - book is absolutely amazing. She is a wonderful poet, and, for someone whose life has been touched so much by the... Read more

Published on March 31, 2010 by Tyler Eldredge
5.0 out of 5 starsVerses about love and longing for lost and imaginary homelands

Naomi Shihab Nye's collection contains sixty poems about Palestinians and Middle East, about love and longing for lost and imaginary homelands. Read more

Published on December 21, 2008 by Vivek Sharma
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Hopkins said that poetry is an out shaping of the interiority of human experience. This is certainly true here. Read more

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Published on October 5, 2007 by Lynn Perrault
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I know I am not alone in my utter dismissal of the one negative review of this book. Indeed, I hesitate to give it prominence by mentioning it. Read more

Published on September 8, 2007 by Jackson

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