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Ida in the Middle

Nora Lester Murad

Stories of Love and Renewal from around the Globe

I Found Myself in Palestine

Fiction

Poetry

Graphic Novels, Comic Books, Illustrated Books, and Manga

Biography or Memoir

Children's Book

Nonfiction

Palestine

Lebanon

Egypt

Syria

Iraq

Morocco

Saudi Arabia

Tunisia

Algeria

Türkiye

Iran

Jordan

Sudan

Yemen

Libya

United Arab Emirates

Kuwait

Oman

Bahrain

Art and Art History

Gastronomy

Feminism and Gender

Architecture and Urbanism

Philosophy

Anthropology and Society

Politics

Journalism and Media Studies

Psychology

Environment, Health, and Science

Literary Theory and Criticism

Religion and Spirituality

Business and Finance

Music

Political, Cultural, and Social History

Nora Lester Murad is a writer, educator, and activist. She co-authored Rest in My Shade: A Poem About Roots with Danna Masad and edited I Found Myself in Palestine: Stories of Love and Renewal From Around the Globe (both from Interlink Books). Her young adult novel, Ida in the Middle (Crocodile Books), is about a Palestinian-American girl’s search for belonging (see <a href="http://www.idainthemiddle.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.idainthemiddle.com</a>). While living in Palestine, Nora co-founded Dalia Association, Palestine’s community foundation, and Aid Watch Palestine, an aid accountability initiative. She has published extensively on Palestinian and other social justice issues in publications such as The Markaz Review, The Guardian, Aljazeera, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, and many more in addition to several book chapters. She earned her BA in Middle East Studies from UCLA, a masters degree in intercultural relations from Lesley University and a masters in human services from Fielding Graduate University. Her PhD from Fielding focuses on social change and anti-racism strategy. Nora now lives in Massachusetts where she organizes to expand the teaching of Palestine in schools, among other social justice issues. She is a policy member of Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network and serves on the board of director of Visualizing Palestine.

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