Naomi Nye

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It gives her background , education, and a picture of the author.</div> <div>  </div> <div> <B>Awards that Nye has received:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.freeweekly.com/pages/Nye.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.freeweekly.com/pages/Nye.htm"><U><U>http://www.freeweekly.com/pages/Nye.htm</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>List of works available at:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/NaomiShihabNye.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/NaomiS"><U><U>http://voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/NaomiShihabNye.html</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Reviews of some of her books:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://inic.utexas.edu/menic/meoc/pressrelease.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://inic.utexas.edu/menic/meoc/pressr"><U><U>http://inic.utexas.edu/menic/meoc/pressrelease.html</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Lesson Plans on <I>Habibi</I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.pbs.org/kcet/newamericans/6.0/html/childrens.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.pbs.org/kcet/newamericans/6.0"><U><U>http://www.pbs.org/kcet/newamericans/6.0/html/childrens.html</U></U></A></div> <div> Students read a variety of first-person accounts of immigration. They choose a country to research, do research on that country, and construct an immigrant narrative in the form of a children's book that parallels the style of the immigrant narratives they heard.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Lesson Plans on </B><I><B>Sitti's Secret</B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.azla.org/azla2000/weiss.html#usingpicture" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.azla.org/azla2000/weiss.html#"><U><U>http://www.azla.org/azla2000/weiss.html#usingpicture</U></U></A></div> <div> The general lesson design for each of the elements is to teach the basics of the element then read a picture book that offers a clear example of the element.</div> <bR> <div> Resources on the Middle East</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.enidlee.com/resources.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.enidlee.com/resources.htm"><U><U>http://www.enidlee.com/resources.htm</U></U></A></div> <div> This site offers a variety of resources on fiction books, children books, curriculum, and additional resources on the Middle East and Middle Eastern culture.</div> <bR> <div> Storybooks on the Arab World</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.teachingforchange.org/News%20Items/children.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.teachingforchange.org/News%20"><U><U>http://www.teachingforchange.org/News%20Items/children.htm</U></U></A></div> <div> This site offers an extensive list of books about the Arab world written by a wide range of authors.</div> <bR> <div> List of Picture Books</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ala.org/BookLinks/ethic.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ala.org/BookLinks/ethic.html"><U><U>http://www.ala.org/BookLinks/ethic.html</U></U></A></div> <div> This site list numerous picture books for young children.</div> <bR> <div> Anti Arabic Discrimination, Arab-American, and Arab World and Islam resources</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.peoplesgeography.org/ADC%20Updated%20biblio.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.peoplesgeography.org/ADC%20Up"><U><U>http://www.peoplesgeography.org/ADC%20Updated%20biblio.htm</U></U></A></div> <div> This site is a resource site for Anti-Arabic Discrimination, Arab-American, and Arab World and Islam.</div> <bR> <div> Essay on Arab-American Literature</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/abinader.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/m"><U><U>http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/abinader.htm</U></U></A></div> <div> This essay talks about how Arab-American literature spans back a century and now it is experiencing a renaissance.  </div> <bR> <div> Arabian traditions</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.saudinf.com/main/h15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.saudinf.com/main/h15.htm"><U><U>http://www.saudinf.com/main/h15.htm</U></U></A></div> <div> This is a great site to get information on Arabian traditions.</div> <bR> <div> Map of Middle East </div> <div>  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_ea"><U><U>http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east.html</U></U></A></FONT></div> <div> This is a very extensive site that gives excellent maps of the Middle East.</div> <bR> <div> Tools in the Arabic language </div> <div> <A HREF="http://cecilmarie.web.prw.net/arabworld/arabic/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://cecilmarie.web.prw.net/arabworld/"><U><U>http://cecilmarie.web.prw.net/arabworld/arabic/</U></U></A></div> <div> This site is a compilation of useful phrases, expressions, and words from the Arabic language and from very interesting books.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Review of Sitti's Secrets</div> <bR> <div> Sitti's Secrets is an excellent picture books geared toward younger readers. Nye uses a blend of poetry, prose and illustration to covey the story. The elements make for a highly intelligent, empowering, though very linear, journey that pleases the senses. She also uses a mix of Arabian words and traditions in order to expose young children to the Arabic culture.</div> <bR> <div> This book shows how the relationships have no boundaries using a young girl named Mona and her grandmother as an example. Mona lives in the United States and her grandmother, her Sitti, lives in a small village on the other side of the world. Even though there are thousands of miles between them, Mona feels very close to her Sitti. Mona visits her Sitti and shares experiences that link them forever. </div> <bR> <div> This book is journey into family traditions and human connections. The book teaches that love conquers any distance, and lasts throughout time. </div> <bR> <div> This book is an excellent book for young children, because it can be used to teach journey themes and about other cultures. It is a very easy book to read and understand. Young readers will have an easy time relating to it, so it is an ideal book to teach.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Review of Habibi </B></div> <bR> <div> Habibi is an engaging and exciting book to read. It keeps the reader inside of the story from start to finish. It is a novel for high school students, but due to the complex imagery and symbolism it is just as appealing to adults. The plot, setting, and theme are not difficult to decipher; Nye makes them clear to the reader. The book is not very long and can be read in two or three days, so it is an ideal book for teaching character development, journey themes, about other and mixed cultures, and various literary techniques. </div> <bR> <div> This book starts with a very symbolic action, a kiss between Liyana and Jackson. The next day, she is informed by her father that they will be kissing the United States good-bye for Jerusalem, the birth place of her father. Liyana is unfamiliar with her father's heritage and is apprehensive. Thus, begins the journey of the family and Liyana as she is immersed into an unfamiliar culture that expects her to embrace a new set of morals and values. Liyana's grandmother, her sitti, and her other relatives speak another language and a barrier is formed immediately. She has to adjust to the politics and the environment, but it is a slow process until she meets Omer. Omer is Jewish and their friendship is forbidden in this land. Liyana must balance her American values with the values that she learns in Jerusalem. In the end she must get her family to acknowledge her growth as an individual and she must come to peace with her American and Arabic sides.</div> <bR> <div> Nye uses a variety of techniques to tell this story. There are various instances where symbolism is used. Starting with the kiss, which symbolizes her kissing America goodbye. Another example is color symbolism associated with Omer. He wears purple and gives a green lamp to Liyana. Purple is a regal color and green is symbolic for prosperity; it makes a statement about Omer. She uses poetry before some chapters as a metaphoric summary of the chapter. She uses allusion; for instance the fountain represents America. </div> <bR> <div> This book makes statements about judging people for who they are on the inside not for their superficial outer shell. Nye uses complex structures and techniques in the book to discuss the treatment of women. The book takes a serious tone when it discusses how America judges the Middle East; it says do not believe everything one sees on television. It scolds anyone who believes that people who live in the Middle East are violent by nature.</div> <bR> <div> It is an extraordinary book that benefits any classroom no matter what angle the teacher teaches from.</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>