Heritage Language Storybook Project
The Art of Lament
If you’ve already managed to snag a copy of our newest book in the Heritage Language Storybook series, Hawa’s Lament, you may have noticed the illustrator’s name being limited to a set of initials. That is because when we first hired Narges Noori to do the illustrations, she was living in Kabul under the rule of the Taliban.
Read MoreDancing and Lament
Celebrating the release of our first Dari storybook and a new exhibit at the Don Harrington Discovery Center with the Afghan community.
Read MoreLanguage is a Doorway
In the poem Gate A-4 by Naomi Shihab Nye, we read the beautiful story of a woman who uses language and human connection to clear away the fog of miscommunication and isolation. Go read it. What happens after the cloud is shooed away? Beauty unfolds. People connect, and relationships, food and joy are shared by strangers. The…
Read MoreCaves and Cages: Memories of Myanmar
Follow the story of Naw Unity Ba as she retraces memories from her village in Myanmar to refugee camps in Thailand, and finally to Amarillo, where she and her family reside today. Your purchase of this book will help support the ongoing work of producing bilingual stories in minority languages across various refugee communities in Amarillo.
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