These Olive Trees Erika Rodriguez Medina Extraña a Papá

Extraña a Papá

En el fondo

Jane is set on returning to her Kentucky home and doesn’t pay much mind to the politics of the eastern cities

But how can a snake play catch

These Olive Trees Erika Rodriguez Medina Extraña a PapáThe story of a Palestinian familys ties to the land, and how one young girl finds a way to care for her home, even as she says goodbye. Its 1967 in Nablus, Palestine. Oraib loves the olive trees that grow outside the refugee camp where she lives. Each harvest, she and her mama pick the small fruits and she eagerly stomp stomp stomps on them to release their golden oil. Olives have always tied her family to the land, as Oraib learns from the stories