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Naomi Shihab Nye — “Before You Know Kindness As the Deepest Thing Inside...”

On Being with Krista Tippett

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A Poem About Ferguson and the People of Palestine

Naomi shi hapni grew up in ferguson, Missouri. Her father never heard of it until he emigrated to palestine sixty six years ago. She says she couldn't resist meditating on both places when they were in flames that same summer. "It's mysterious how these power structures unfold, isn't it? And how we're willing to accept them and allow them to prevail without questioning them"

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