Mizna

Author: Nailah Taman

  • Call for Submissions: Queer + Trans Voices

    Call for Submissions: Queer + Trans Voices

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    Guest edited by Zeyn Joukhadar!**DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 4/14!**CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS IS NOW CLOSED. Queer and transgender writers who are Arab, Muslim, and/or of Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) heritage have long made significant contributions to the literary canon and the literary community in the United States. Despite marginalization, erasure, and even violence, we have…

  • New York Mills: a visual art exhibition + indie film screenings

    New York Mills: a visual art exhibition + indie film screenings

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    COVID19 UPDATE: The reception on March 20 has been cancelled. The NYMCC gallery is implementing “soft close” this week with shorter hours while they clean the space. If someone wants to see the show, they will be allowed in. All events at NYMCC are postponed or cancelled for the rest of the month. Stay tuned…

  • An Evening of Poetry + Protest with Mizna

    An Evening of Poetry + Protest with Mizna

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    CORONAVIRUS UPDATE Tonight’s poetry reading is on! After considering the latest from the CDC, the State Health Dpt, and others, and getting input from health-professionals on the Mizna board, we are planning to go ahead with the reading. Each of the poets was asked whether they want to continue, and they are all in.  We…

  • Deeper Half Blue Listening Session

    Deeper Half Blue Listening Session

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    Listen to the playlist: This programming was conceived as an extension of Joe’s piece The Deeper Half Blue, for the group exhibition History Is Not Here: Art and the Arab Imaginary. An incredible assembly of artists participated in this session: Sagirah Shahid, Pedram Baldari, Dua Saleh, David Mura, George Abraham, and Samer Saem Eldahr, and…

  • St. Cloud State University: a visual art exhibition + indie film screenings

    St. Cloud State University: a visual art exhibition + indie film screenings

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    This January, Mizna is partnering with SooVAC to bring contemporary arts programming by SWANA artists + filmmakers to greater Minnesota. Visual arts exhibition Let There Be Spaces in Your Togetherness will travel to St. Cloud (January 30–February 27, 2020) and New York Mills (March 4–April 4, 2020), accompanied by a selection of notable films from…

  • Poetry Leaders from Across the U. S. to Gather in Florida to Mark Dramatic Growth in Readers and Historic Philanthropic Gifts

    Poetry Leaders from Across the U. S. to Gather in Florida to Mark Dramatic Growth in Readers and Historic Philanthropic Gifts

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    New York, NY (November 8, 2019)— Leaders from more than 25 national, regional, and local poetry organizations will hold a first-ever gathering in Miami, Florida from November 15 to 17. The organizations are members of the Poetry Coalition, an alliance dedicated to increasing the visibility of poets and poetry and to demonstrating the art form’s ability…

  • Let There Be Spaces In Your Togetherness

    Let There Be Spaces In Your Togetherness

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    Mizna partners with SooVAC to present Let There Be Spaces in Your Togetherness, a juried group exhibition by local and national artists from the Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) region or of SWANA descent. Featured image–Nervous System by Katayoun Amjadi. Image courtesy of the artist. OPENING RECEPTION– Saturday, December 7, 6–9pmON VIEW– December 7, 2019–January 9, 2020 EXHIBITING…

  • Mizna featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition

    Mizna featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition

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    Mizna celebrated twenty years with a benefit on November 2, 2019 at Hennepin Theatre Trust. NPR reporter and Mizna journal contributor Hannah Allam covered the event for Weekend Edition. See all photos from our twentieth anniversary benefit here. Hannah Allam is a Washington-based national security correspondent for NPR, focusing on homegrown extremism. Before joining NPR,…

  • Mizna’s 20th Anniversary Benefit with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar

    Mizna’s 20th Anniversary Benefit with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar

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    Mizna’s turning 20! Join us to mark this special milestone. Enjoy a lively evening of community, a delicious meal, and show your support for Mizna’s work to create critical space for excellent Arab/SWANA film, literature, and art. WHEN — Saturday, November 2, 20195:00 PM — Pre-Benefit Cocktail/Mocktail Mixer with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and Palestinian poet Nathalie Handal6:00…

  • History Is Not Here: Family Day

    History Is Not Here: Family Day

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    1–4 PM: Collective Self-Portraits with Fruits and VegetablesUsing Instax cameras, participants will take a self-portrait of themselves with a fruit or vegetable and add their photo to a growing grid of images inspired by artist Raed Yassin’s Self portraits with Foreign Fruits and Vegetables, 2009-2011 on view in the exhibition History Is Not Here: Art…