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Naomi Shihab Nye (born March 12, 1952) is a poet, songwriter, and novelist. She was born to a Palestinian father and American mother. Her first collection of poems, Different Ways to Pray, explored the theme of similarities and differences between cultures, which would become one of her lifelong areas of focus.
Her other books include poetry collections 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East, A Maze Me, Red Suitcase, Field Trip and Fuel; a collection of essays entitled Never in a Hurry; a young-adult novel called Habibi (the semi-autobiographical story of an Arab-American teenager who moves to Jerusalem in the 1990s) and picture book Lullaby Raft, which is also the title of one of her two albums of music. (The other is called Rutabaga-Roo; both were limited-edition.)
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Posts Tagged ‘novelist’
Naomi Shihab Nye
Sunday, October 25th, 2009
Loubna Haikal
Sunday, October 25th, 2009Loubna Haikal is a Lebanese born Australian doctor and writer from Aktanit, Zahrani. She migrated to Australia with her parents in 1969. She has written for the theatre; ‘Near Saida’, a Folkloric Ballet, commissioned by the Melbourne Arts festival, and ‘Points of Exit’, a play in two acts, about power and political compromise. Her other works include: ‘Seducing Mr Maclean’, a novel, published by Picador 2002, a satire about a family of immigrants trying to make it in Australia. Short stories, broadcast on ABC radio national, and published in anthologies, literary magazines and on the web. She has appeared at many writer’s festivals as a speaker and commentator. She is currently working on her second novel.
