https://padlet.com/351294/gpq67ec41g34 Made with a stroke of good luck en-us 2019-02-19 21:44:34 UTC 2019-02-19 22:25:08 UTC hello@padlet.com 351294 https://padlet.com/351294/gpq67ec41g34/wish/332952543 This means "my love" or "my darling" in Arabic. ]]> 2019-02-19 21:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/351294/gpq67ec41g34/wish/332952543 385627 https://padlet.com/351294/gpq67ec41g34/wish/332953139 Naomi Shihab-Nye has a Palestinian father and an American mother, just like Liyana in the story. She spent part of her childhood in Jerusalem. She also visited her grandmother in a West Bank village, which was a life changing experience for her, just as it was for Liyana
The author was also born in St. Louis, MO, like Liyana]]> 2019-02-19 21:51:51 UTC https://padlet.com/351294/gpq67ec41g34/wish/332953139 480709 https://padlet.com/351294/gpq67ec41g34/wish/332959788 Israel and Palestinian conflict was very bad at the time that she visited, the Prime Minister had just been assassinated, the West Bank and Gaza Strip were just put in, so tensions were very high which explains what happened in the book.]]> 2019-02-19 22:15:55 UTC https://padlet.com/351294/gpq67ec41g34/wish/332959788 351294 https://padlet.com/351294/gpq67ec41g34/wish/332960501 https://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_nye.html]]> 2019-02-19 22:18:36 UTC https://padlet.com/351294/gpq67ec41g34/wish/332960501