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Gate A-4. Naomi Shihab Nye. 1952 –. Wandering around the Albuquerque Airport Terminal, after learning. my flight had been delayed four hours, I heard an announcement: "If anyone in the vicinity of Gate A-4 understands any Arabic, please. come to the gate immediately." Well—one pauses these days. Gate A-4 was my own gate.
Naomi Shihab Nye. Wandering around the Albuquerque Airport Terminal, after learning. my flight had been delayed for four hours, I heard an announcement: “If anyone in the vicinity of Gate A-4 understands any Arabic, please. come to the gate immediately.”. Well--one pauses these days. Gate A-4 was my own gate. I went there.
Written by noted American poet Naomi Shihab Nye, “Gate A4” is a narrative prose poem that eschews formal metrical conventions. “Gate A4” recounts an experience the speaker underwent at Albuquerque International Airport in New Mexico which affirmed her hope in humanity.
Naomi Shihab Nye Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2008. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
From this kind of tense situation, Naomi Shihab Nye creates the idea of a community where compassion, food, tradition, and commonality are shared. This lesson plan provides a sequence of activities that you can use with your students before, during, and after reading "Gate A-4."
In ‘Gate 4-A,’ Naomi Shihab Nye Illustrates How A Divided World Can Come Together. Gate 4-A. Wandering around the Albuquerque Airport Terminal, after learning my flight had been detained four hours, I heard an announcement: “If anyone in the vicinity of Gate A-4 understands any Arabic, please come to the gate immediately.”
Gate A-4 by Naomi Shihab Nye. Wandering around the Albuquerque Airport Terminal, after learning my flight had been detained four hours, I heard an announcement: “If anyone in the vicinity of Gate A-4 understands any Arabic, please come to the gate immediately.”. Well – one pauses these days.
Naomi Shihab Nye. 18 pages • 36 minutes read. Naomi Shihab Nye. Gate A-4. Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2008. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. Download PDF. Access Full Guide. Beta.
Gate A-4 by Naomi Shihab Nye — Mary Reynolds Thompson. Wandering around the Albuquerque Airport Terminal, after learning. my flight had been delayed four hours, I heard an announcement: "If anyone in the vicinity of Gate A-4 understands any Arabic, please come to the gate immediately." Well—one pauses these days.
“Gate A-4” by Naomi Shihab Nye. Traveling by air these days can be an anxiety-provoking experience for many. Imagine an airport gate where an older person who speaks Arabic has been told over the loudspeaker, in English, a language she does not fully understand, that her plane is delayed.