My purpose in this paper is to discuss the tradition of poetry in the Arabic culture, to look at the influences on the Palestinian American writer Naomi Shihab Nye, and then to examine her own poetry and some of the poetry she has collected from young poets of the Middle East.
Journal
The Looking Glass : New Perspectives on Children's LiteratureISSN
1551-5680Volume
8Issue
2Publisher
La Trobe UniversitySection Title
JabberwockyDate Created
2010-03-15Rights Statement
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