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Habibi (1997) (edit title/settings)

by Naomi Shihab Nye (Author) (edit contributors)

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The day after Liyana got her first real kiss, her life changed forever. Not because of the kiss, but because it was the day her father announced that the family was moving from St. Louis all the way to Palestine. Though her father grew up there, Liyana knows very little about her family's Arab... read more

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  • “Being good felt like a heavy coat, so I took it off.”
    Liyana Abboud
  • “I would like to know the story of every little thing.”
    Liyana Abboud
  • “The hills are dark with the shadows of night / But up in the sky is a brilliant light / of fire, fire, fire in the sky.”
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  • Liyana’s mother said they were a spiritual family, they just weren’t a traditionally religious one.
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  • the soul who does good for others without any thought for himself or herself.
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  • “But a place is inside you—like a part of your body, don’t you think? Like a liver or kidney? So how could you leave it?
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  • “Genetics” means we have the same little bowties in our blood.
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  • Liyana’s family believed in God and goodness and hope and positive thinking and praying. They believed in the Golden Rule—Do unto others as you would have them do unto you—who didn’t? A
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  • You liked them not only for themselves, but for the parts of you that they brought out.
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  • where no one but your own family had any memory of you. It was like putting yourself back together with little pieces.
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  • Some days you remembered the world was full of wonderful people you hadn’t met yet.
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  • would say, “I have Jewish hands, Jewish bones, Jewish stories, and a Jewish soul. But I’m not officially observant of—the religious practices of the Jewish people.
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  • Habibi, darling, or Habibi, feminine for my darling.
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First Sentence edit see section history

Liyana Abboud had just tasted her first kiss when her parents announced they were leaving the country.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Kiss
Get Set
Blip
Blip
Estate Sale
Civilized
Pals
Welcome
First Things Last
To The Village
Manger
Interior Decorators
Jerusalem Above My Highest Joy
The Principal Wears A Hat Pointing to the Moon
Very Very Distant Relatives
Remember Me
Past and Present Rolled Into One
Mad
Rafik's Wishes
Friends
Invisible
Rafik's Essay About Liyana
Twenty-Ninth Day Of School
What You Can Buy In Jerusalem
Lit Up
Interviewing Sitti
Rafik's Essay on Khaled and Nadine
Donkey On The Road
Detective Work
The Fountain
We Wish You a Merry Everything
A Kernel Of Truth on Every Avenue
Water and Ashes
Fifteen
History of Kissing
Goat Cheese
All Our Roots Go Deep Down Even Though They Are Tangeled
Habibi
Banana Easter
A Day Could Unfold
How Many Sides Does A Story Have?
Negotiations
New Country, Old Country
Expedition
Map
Doors

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Naomi Shihab Nye (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0689801491
Page Count: 272

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