I saw her speak at a conference when I got a full-time with benefits salary...

"Before I Was a Gazan”, Naomi Shihab Nye

https://x.com/ericavioletlee/status/1715186972749131860?t=2iPYN85tWFN7mbQjxQW-BQ&s=09

I was just remembering when I lived near Chicago & a different war was happening and I could hear the neighbors watching TV and becoming upset on the other side of the wall.

"Before I Was a Gazan" by Naomi Shihab Nye

https://poets.org/poem/i-was-gazan

I did not have internet or cable in the apartment. I watched news on PBS and checked my email at the library.