15 Best nonfiction books like The Tiny Journalist by Naomi Shihab Nye

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The Tiny Journalist

By: Naomi Shihab Nye

4.31

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Internationally beloved poet Naomi Shihab Nye places her Palestinian American identity center stage…

"You are the witness, on-the-scene, microphone in hand. You stand on the road to everywhere, askng, What is this? What next?"

-Naomi Shihab Nye, The Tiny Journalist

"You are the witness, on-the-scene, microphone in hand. You stand on the road to everywhere, askng, What is this? What next?"

-Naomi Shihab Nye, The Tiny Journalist

"What happens to Peace when people fight? (She hides her face.) What does she dream of? (Better people.) Does she ever give up?"

-Naomi Shihab Nye, The Tiny Journalist

"What happens to Peace when people fight? (She hides her face.) What does she dream of? (Better people.) Does she ever give up?"

-Naomi Shihab Nye, The Tiny Journalist

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Tiny Journalist by Naomi Shihab Nye , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape

By: Raja Shehadeh

4.23

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

“I often come to walk in these hills,” I said to the soldier…he was compact and short, not much tal… read more

Similar categories in Raja Shehadeh's Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape book and Naomi Shihab Nye's The Tiny Journalist

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Aku ada buku, aku tak perlukan pakaian atau sepatu khusus untuk berjalan ke perbukitan."

-Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape

"Ini bukan pertama kali kita kalah, tapi kini pemimpin kita meraikannya seolah kita menang. (Tentang Perjanjian Damai Oslo antara Israel-Palestin)"

-Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape

"Religious practice in the Land of the Bible tends to encourage exclusivity and discrimination rather than love and magnanimity. There is no place like the Holy Land to make one cynical about religion."

-Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape

"Meskipun aku suka sekali pohon ru, kuakui mereka seperti penjajah. Merekalah bukti betapa manusia telah menelantarkan bukit ini pada kuasa alam. Warna mereka hijau gelap, tak seperti pohon zaitun yan…"

-Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape

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2. What the Living Do: Poems

By: Marie Howe

3.00

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Informed by the death of a beloved brother, here are the stories of childhood, its thicket of sex a… read more

Similar categories in Marie Howe's What the Living Do: Poems book and Naomi Shihab Nye's The Tiny Journalist

  • poetry
Cover of The 1936-39 Revolt in Palestine by غسان كنفاني, Ghassan Kanafani

3. The 1936-39 Revolt in Palestine

By: غسان كنفاني , Ghassan Kanafani

2.00

Format: 144 pages, Pamphlet

This study is a scientific analysis of the Palestinian struggle during the 1930's. It presents the … read more

Similar categories in غسان كنفاني's The 1936-39 Revolt in Palestine book and Naomi Shihab Nye's The Tiny Journalist

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction

4. Salt Houses

By: Hala Alyan

3.40

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

On the eve of her daughter Alia's wedding, Salma reads the girl's future in a cup of coffee dregs. … read more

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5. Ordinary Beast

By: Nicole Sealey

4.36

Format: 39 pages, ebook

ONE OF PUBLISHERS WEEKLY'S TOP 10 POETRY BOOKS OF FALL 2017 NPR'S MOST ANTICIPATED POETRY BOOKS OF … read more

Similar categories in Nicole Sealey's Ordinary Beast book and Naomi Shihab Nye's The Tiny Journalist

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6. Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

By: Mosab Abu Toha

4.74

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2022 Palestine Book Awards Creative Award Finalist for the National Book Critics Cir… read more

Similar categories in Mosab Abu Toha's Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza book and Naomi Shihab Nye's The Tiny Journalist

  • poetry
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Borders are those invented lines drawn with ash on maps and sewn into the ground by bullets."

-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

"A country that exists only in my mind. Its flag has no room to fly freely, but there is space on the coffins of my countrymen."

-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

"In Gaza, some of us cannot completely die. Every time a bomb falls, every time shrapnel hits our graves, every time the rubble piles up on our heads, we are awakened from our temporary death."

-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

"PALESTINE A–Z A An apple that fell from the table on a dark evening when man-made lightning flashed through the kitchen, the streets, and the sky, rattling the cupboards and breaking the dishes. “Am"

-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

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7. Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow.

By: Noor Hindi

4.52

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

What is political poetry? How does history become lived experience? What does it mean to bear witne… read more

Similar categories in Noor Hindi's Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow. book and Naomi Shihab Nye's The Tiny Journalist

  • poetry
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • womens
"Reporting is an act of violence—poetry one of warmth."

-Noor Hindi, Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow.

"I want to believe language matters, that words create meaning, that a person can breathe a thing into existence."

-Noor Hindi, Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow.

"Colonizers write about flowers. I tell you about children throwing rocks at Israeli tanks seconds before becoming daisies."

-Noor Hindi, Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow.

"The homeland is stuck in our teeth. It’s filling our cavities. It rests on our tongues. My God. How we yearn for its olive trees. How it haunts our dreams."

-Noor Hindi, Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow.

Cover of Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics by Marc Lamont Hill

8. Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

By: Marc Lamont Hill

4.21

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

A bold call for the American Left to extend their politics to the issues of Israel-Palestine, from … read more

Similar categories in Marc Lamont Hill's Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics book and Naomi Shihab Nye's The Tiny Journalist

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. Golden Ax (Penguin Poets)

By: Rio Cortez

4.02

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

From a visionary writer praised for her captivating work on Black history and experience, comes a p… read more

Similar categories in Rio Cortez's Golden Ax (Penguin Poets) book and Naomi Shihab Nye's The Tiny Journalist

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. Rifqa

By: Mohammed El-Kurd

4.66

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

Rifqa is Mohammed El-Kurd’s debut collection of poetry, written in the tradition of Ghassan Kanfani… read more

Similar categories in Mohammed El-Kurd's Rifqa book and Naomi Shihab Nye's The Tiny Journalist

  • poetry
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Sing me a song of home break a dish or two throw a stone or two because the screams make me nostalgic: I almost don't fear the sirens."

-Mohammed El-Kurd, Rifqa

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11. Above Ground

By: Clint Smith

4.56

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable poetry collection with "inextinguishable generosity and abundant wisdom" (Monica Youn)… read more

Similar categories in Clint Smith's Above Ground book and Naomi Shihab Nye's The Tiny Journalist

  • poetry
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. Squire

By: Nadia Shammas

4.06

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

Aiza has always dreamt of becoming a Knight. It's the highest military honor in the once-great Bayt… read more

Similar categories in Nadia Shammas's Squire book and Naomi Shihab Nye's The Tiny Journalist

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13. You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World

By: Ada Limon

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Published association  with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate o… read more

Similar categories in Ada Limon's You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World book and Naomi Shihab Nye's The Tiny Journalist

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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14. Behind You Is the Sea

By: Susan Muaddi Darraj

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American communi… read more

Similar categories in Susan Muaddi Darraj's Behind You Is the Sea book and Naomi Shihab Nye's The Tiny Journalist

  • audiobook
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15. Constellation Route

By: Matthew Olzmann

4.31

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

Constellation Route uses the form of the letter to explore issues related to contemporary American … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Olzmann's Constellation Route book and Naomi Shihab Nye's The Tiny Journalist

  • poetry
Cover of You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson

16. You Better Be Lightning

By: Andrea Gibson

4.63

Format: 115 pages, Paperback

You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson is a queer, political, and feminist collection guided by s… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Gibson's You Better Be Lightning book and Naomi Shihab Nye's The Tiny Journalist

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
"Good Grief Let your heart break so your spirit doesn't."

-Andrea Gibson, You Better Be Lightning

"I will refuse to call it heaven if the people I love (who put me through hell) aren't there."

-Andrea Gibson, You Better Be Lightning

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17. Yesterday I Was the Moon

By: Noor Unnahar

3.88

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

yesterday i was the moon is a collection of poetry by noor unnahar - it explores courage, self-love… read more

Similar categories in Noor Unnahar's Yesterday I Was the Moon book and Naomi Shihab Nye's The Tiny Journalist

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
"Dreams live as long as the dreamers do"

-Noor Unnahar, Yesterday I Was the Moon

"Words; they are powerlessly powerful so use yours well."

-Noor Unnahar, Yesterday I Was the Moon

"in pieces yet at peace i am a building in a post war city"

-Noor Unnahar, Yesterday I Was the Moon

"Nothing teaches better than this trio the fears, the tears, the years."

-Noor Unnahar, Yesterday I Was the Moon

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18. The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

By: Hala Alyan

4.22

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

From the author of The Arsonists’ City and The Twenty-Ninth Year, a new collection of poetry that t… read more

Similar categories in Hala Alyan's The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems book and Naomi Shihab Nye's The Tiny Journalist

  • poetry
  • cultural
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
"My favorite house is my mother."

-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

"I don’t have time to write about the soul. There are bodies to count. There’s a man wearing his wedding tuxedo to sleep in case I meet God and there’s a brick of light before each bombing."

-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

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19. I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times

By: Taylor Byas

4.37

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times takes its inspiration and concept from the cult classic film Th… read more

Similar categories in Taylor Byas's I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times book and Naomi Shihab Nye's The Tiny Journalist

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
Cover of Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves by J. Drew Lanham

20. Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves

By: J. Drew Lanham

4.53

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

From J. Drew Lanham, MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient and author of Sparrow A Field Guide to Bir… read more

Similar categories in J. Drew Lanham's Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves book and Naomi Shihab Nye's The Tiny Journalist

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Tiny Journalist by Naomi Shihab Nye

21. The Tiny Journalist

By: Naomi Shihab Nye

4.31

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Internationally beloved poet Naomi Shihab Nye places her Palestinian American identity center stage… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Shihab Nye's The Tiny Journalist book and Naomi Shihab Nye's The Tiny Journalist

  • poetry
  • cultural
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
"You are the witness, on-the-scene, microphone in hand. You stand on the road to everywhere, askng, What is this? What next?"

-Naomi Shihab Nye, The Tiny Journalist

"What happens to Peace when people fight? (She hides her face.) What does she dream of? (Better people.) Does she ever give up?"

-Naomi Shihab Nye, The Tiny Journalist

"Fresh as a new notebook — that's how anyone wanted to live. Hopeful as a pencil sharpened, clear as one beam of light landing on the table's far side."

-Naomi Shihab Nye, The Tiny Journalist

"To forgive ourselves for what we didn't do Replay a scene over and over in mind Change it change Apologizing to our own story handful of soil I could have planted something better here To walk withou…"

-Naomi Shihab Nye, The Tiny Journalist

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Transform Your Habits

Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape

Raja Shehadeh

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

Marc Lamont Hill

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Golden Ax (Penguin Poets)

Rio Cortez

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Above Ground

Clint Smith

4.56

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The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

Shubnum Khan

3.87

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James

Percival Everett

4.54

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Lisa Ko

3.22

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Tommy Orange

3.89

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