Poetry is my home address ; Nursing the miracle ; Standing amazed at the foot of every tree ; A woman who reads poetry / Mohja Kahf -- E-mail to the muse ; The Arab-American woman reads poetry ; "What happens next? Be the first to know. CNN breaking news" ; Countdown -- Lisa Suhair Majaj -- My country, my words: reflections of my life as a writer ; El Almuerzo de Tia Habiba ; In search of midnight ; Detained ; The conflict / Nathalie Handal -- The itinerary of an Arab American writer ; There / Etel Adnan -- On becoming a writer ; The last chance / Ghada Karmi -- Directing my pen inward ; ramallah walk / Suheir Hammad -- Doing what we can ; Seatmates / Naomi Shihab Nye -- Writing drop by drop ; you got some nerve ; Mediterranean breeze ; america / Dima Hilal -- The relentlessness of memory ; Our people: Pennsylvania, 1959 / Elmaz Abinader -- A life of stories ; Crescent / Diana Abu-Jaber -- The coming out of the chameleon ; El Greco / Samia Serageldin -- For my mother who gave me the words, and my father who gave me the sound ; Monologue to my father ; Durazno Street, El Paso, Texas ; For Naomi Shihab Nye ; Let it be each day / Marian Haddad.