Poet Naomi Shihab Nye Discusses What It Was Like Growing Up in Palestine and Ferguson

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Naomi Shihab Nye, a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and an award-winning writer, was raised in two of the most frequently discussed conflict zones in the news today. In a recent piece for The Washington Post, Nye talks about the lessons she learned while living in lands divided by racial tensions that are continuing to play out before our eyes.

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