Tiny Journalist

'A moving testament to the impact one person can have and the devastating effects of occupation.' -Washington Post Best Poetry Books of 2019Internationally beloved poet Naomi Shihab Nye places her Palestinian American identity center stage in her latest full-length poetry collection for adults. The collection is inspired by the story of Janna Jihad Ayyad, the 'Youngest Journalist in Palestine,' who at age 7 began capturing videos of anti-occupation protests using her mother's smartphone. Nye draws upon her own family's roots in a West Bank village near Janna's hometown to offer empathy and insight to the young girl's reporting. Long an advocate for peaceful communication across all boundaries, Nye s poems in The Tiny Journalist put a human face on war and the violence that divides us from each other.