AUTHOR

AUTHOR (B. 1952) 
 * SHE WAS AN ARAB AMERICAN POET
 * SHE SPENT HER TEENAGE YEARS IN jERUSALEM, FAR FROM THE CITIES OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, WHERE SHE HAD BEEN A CHILD
 * HER FATHER IMIGRATED FROM PALESTINE AND SETTLED IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, WHERE HE AND HIS WIFE OPERATED STORES SPECIALIZING IN IMPORTED GOODS
 * SHE THEN MOVE BACK TO JERUSALEM WHEN SHE WAS 14 YRS OLD SO SHE COULD BE CLOSE TO HER FATHER'S ARAB RELATIVES
 * SHE FELT LIKE THE YEARS SHE SPENT IN JERUSALEM ENABLED HER TO DISCOVER HER HERITAGE
 * BESIDE SWRITING POETRY SHE HAS ALSO CREATED PICTURE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN