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Naomi Shihab Nye Research Paper

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From Nye’s birthday in March 12, 1952 to the present, Naomi Shihab Nye has survived the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and 9/11 Attacks of the twenty-first century. These modern struggles with the War on Terror impacted Nye all the more due to her close relations with her father, a Palestinian refugee. Because of her cultural background and wide variety in hometowns, Nye is known for her “sensitivity and cultural awareness” towards others (Poetry Foundation). For example, as Nye lives in San Antonio, Texas, many of her poems are spoken with the voices of her Mexican-American neighbors, which demonstrate her understanding and tolerance of people from different backgrounds and cultures. Then, upon the occurrence of the Twin Tower’s explosion in

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