Category: Mizna News
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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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Summer 2021 Internship Opportunities
Call for Summer 2021 Interns Dates: June 1–August 31, 2021 (some flexibility in dates) Stipend: $1000 for summer internship Apply by March 22, 2021Please note: Students planning to earn college credit through their internship may be required to submit their applications at an earlier date. Internship Description: Summer 2021 Mizna Interns will be part of a small and dynamic…
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Takhiel! Imagine! Bilingual Performing Arts Camp for Kids
This summer, Mizna collaborates with teaching artists Taous Khazem and Mohammed Yabdri to offer a performing arts camp in Arabic and English for middle-school kids who are ready to hit the big screen. Takhiel! Imagine! is a place for kids of SWANA descent to build community and create art in a setting that celebrates their…
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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…