Jerusalem is so permeated with layers and textures, minglin… - Naomi Shihab Nye

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Jerusalem is so permeated with layers and textures, minglings of all kinds that, once you've lived there you don't get over it.

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Naomi Shihab Nye (Arabic: نعومي شهاب ناي; born March 12, 1952) is a Palestinian American poet, editor, songwriter, and novelist.

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