My Olive Tree - Hazar Elbayya artists something to be revered—this collection

something to be revered—this collection laments the loss of friends and of country

In Say Yes

Subhiyeh is (usually) a morning custom often enjoyed with conversations and food

and the metaphors that emerge in the making process

My Olive Tree - Hazar Elbayya artists something to be revered—this collectionIn this simple, touching picture book about the healing power of a loving community, a girl's grandpa and her neighbors help her grow an olive tree in a war torn land. Salam's grandpa says that olive trees are strong and that their roots run deep in their Palestinian land. They connect everyone from the farmer who presses the olives into oil to the baker who uses the oil in his taboon. Salam plants her own seed and is eager to see it grow. She waits