Nora Lester Murad

Nora Lester Murad

Nora Lester Murad is a writer, educator, and activist. She co-authored Rest in My Shade: A Poem About Roots, and edited I Found Myself in Palestine: Stories of Love and Renewal From Around the Globe. From a Jewish American family, Nora moved from California to study in the Middle East. She married a Muslim Palestinian, and raised three daughters in the West Bank and in the US. She posts her writing at www.noralestermurad.com.

Books

    Ida in the middle

    Ida in the middle

    Author(s):

    Nora Lester Murad

    Publisher:

    Crocodile Books, An Imprint Of Interlink Publishing Group

    Published:

    November 2022
    Every time violence erupts in the Middle East, Ida knows what’s coming next. Some of her classmates treat her like it’s all her fault—just for being Palestinian! In eighth grade, Ida is forced to move to a different school. But...

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    Rest in my shade

    Rest in my shade

    Author(s):

    Nora Lester Murad, Danna Masad

    Publisher:

    Olive Branch Press-interlink Publishing Group

    Published:

    March 2019
    Millions of people are being uprooted, separated from their families, and risk losing their culture as a result of war, poverty, repression, and climate injustice. Rest in My Shade is a poetic story about displacement, identity, and loss recited...

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