Nye’s text Habibi promotes different cultures. Habibi was about a girl named Liyana Abboud, her parents announced they were moving from Saint Louis Missouri to Jerusalem where her father was born. Liyana faced a whole new life and had to get used to the Arab culture (Habibi). A quote from the book states, “Everybody was mixed together. My father says nobody talked or thought much about being Jews or anything” (Nye 26). Everybody used to be the same. For example, people's races or religions didn't matter. This book was written to tell someone’s experience of moving and the different culture they encountered. Experiencing a different culture is exciting and makes you realize that even tho we are different, we are also all
