Author: Lamia Abukhadra
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It is Burning./ It is Dreaming./ It is Waking Up/: Poetry and Environmental Justice
Mizna is proud to present a reading exploring poetry and environmental justice featuring the powerful poets Samiya Bashir, Leila Chatti, and Amir Rabiyah on Saturday May 15, 2021. This reading’s theme was collectively chosen by members of the Poetry Coalition, of which Mizna is a member, and the is titled after the line “It is…
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Mizna Film Series Spring 2021: Surveillance
The Mizna Film Series is a monthly selection of programs, marking our first venture into year-round curated film programming. While our annual Film Fest focuses primarily on the works of contemporary artists, the Mizna Film Series provides a space to expand our regular film programming to include screenings, critical essays, filmmaker interviews, and discussions exploring…
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Call for Submissions: I Want Sky
This notebook is a special partnership between Mizna and Asian American Writers Workshop, guest-edited by Mariam Bazeed. Full submissions guidelines here.Trigger warning: Suicide In her suicide note, composed in the mute solidarity of the asylum of forced exile—and by a hand whose skin had yet to wrinkle—Sarah Hegazy apologizes. On a simple, lined, spiral-bound notebook,…
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Mizna Film Series Winter 2021: Restored Classics
The Mizna Film Series is a monthly selection of programs, marking our first venture into year-round curated film programming. While our annual Film Fest focuses primarily on the works of contemporary artists, the Mizna Film Series provides a space to expand our regular film programming to include screenings, critical essays, filmmaker interviews, and discussions exploring…
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Mizna Film Series
WHAT: A quarterly SWANA film series presented by Mizna with the Trylon Cinema.WHEN: The fourth Wednesday of February, May, August, and November.WHERE: Trylon Cinema, 2820 E 33rd St, Minneapolis, MN 55406. TICKETS + PASSES AVAILABLE HERE Mizna Film Series screenings take place exclusively in-person at the Trylon Cinema the fourth Wednesday of the months of…
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Celebrating Abundance: Queer + Trans Voices Virtual Reading
On January 17th, we’re celebrating our most recent issue Mizna: Queer + Trans Voices in abundance! This virtual reading features SIXTEEN AUTHORS, Dina Abdulhadi, Rasha Abdulhadi, Kamee Abrahamian, Danielle Badra, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán, Michael Chang, Tarik Dobbs, Hazem Fahmy, Carissa Halston, Ghinwa Jawhari, Mena Kamel, Nour Kamel, Aiya Sakr, Omar Sakr, Mejdulene B. Shomali, and…
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Out of the Depths: Winter Stories
In the still and dark of winter, Mizna invites storytellers to muse on seasonality, nature’s rhythms, and the things that get us through. On the stage at First Avenue, Ifrah Mansour, Aegor Ray, Moheb Soliman, and 3wadallahs: an interdisciplinary performance trio of Leila, Noelle, and Jamal Awadallah share their perspectives. WHEN: January 28, 2021 at…
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2021 Pushcart Prize Nominations
Mizna is pleased to announce its nominations for the 2021 Pushcart Prize. How to Make White Supremacy Generative/How to Survive a Pandemic by Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán prayer glitch by Trish Salah Canine Smiles Joe Kadi Queer Motherhood Is Speculative Fiction by Kamee Abrahamian To Patrick Swaze, Thanks for Everything! Mejdulene Shomali by Mejdulene B. Shomali Checklist…