Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources for Youth, April 2023
prepared by Alvin R. Blount
Diocese of East Tennessee
Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood
-Ibtisam Barakat
-Kindle $9.99
-hardcover $11.89
-paperback $9.99
-208 pages
-ages 11-15
-Square Fish
-2016
-description: This memoir is set in Ramallah after the Six-Day War in 1967. The author tells what it is like to be a child whose life has been altered by war. We learn about her fear of hearing bombs and being separated from her family; being a refugee; and her first connection to the Arabic alphabet and becoming passionate about words.
Barakat, I. (2016). Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood. Square Fish.
The Arab Americans (The New Americans)
-Randa A. Kayyali
-hardcover $54.63
-216 pages
-ages 15-18
-Greenwood
-2005
-description: People of Arab heritage have been making contributions to U. S. society since the first wave of Arab immigrants, mostly Christian, between 1880 and 1925. With its useful glossary, statistical tables, and photos, this book is inclusive of the different groups classified as Arab, and is broad in its political and social history.
Kayyali, R. A. (2005). The Arab Americans (The New Americans). Greenwood.
A Maze Me: Poems for Girls
-Naomi Shihab Nye
-Terre Maher, illustrator
-Kindle $9.49
-hardcover $27.69
-paperback $10.99
-128 pages
-Greenwillow Books
-2014
-description: Here are seventy-two poems written for girls ages thirteen years and up. It promises to be a lasting companion for young writers as they speak of first love, sense of self, body image, hopes, friendship, school, and family relationships.
Nye, N. S. (2014). A Maze Me: Poems for Girls. Greenwillow Books.
Podcast
https://youtu.be/sLUjhIK9510
Wisdom Ways. (2017, April 27). Naomi Shihab Nye and Ibtisam Barakat Read Poems. https://youtu.be/sLUjhIK9510