Category: Mizna News
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Black Lives Matter
Join Mizna, ITSRC, NAATW & AROC for a series of webinars addressing Anti-Black racism in Southwest Asian / North African and Disapora communities. More info here. English, Farsi and Arabic panels available. On May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis, in the metro area that Mizna calls home, George Floyd was brutally murdered by the police. In…
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Calling all Arab & SWANA illustrators and comic artists!
ترجمة عربية Mizna, the only Arab lit and art journal in the United States, is seeking submissions for a special Comix Issue. This issue will be guest edited by Palestinian graphic novelist Leila Abdelrazaq. We are seeking comics submissions by Arab and SWANA artists living anywhere in the world responding to the prompt of A New World…
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FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY
POETRY COALITION FELLOWSHIP– APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL JULY 15, 2020. Mizna, a founding member of the Poetry Coalition, is accepting applications for a paid Poetry Coalition Fellowship position. This position is 20 hours per week from September 15, 2020 to June 30, 2021. The stipend is $18,720 plus a $1,000 stipend toward health care. Mizna is…
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#MiznaAtHome: Curated List for Keeping Up with SWANA Culture During Lockdown
Mizna is pleased to share a curated list of resources from organizations around the world for keeping up with SWANA culture during lockdown.
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Introducing #MiznaAtHome
As routines shift and we find ourselves spending more time at home than we ever anticipated, art is an essential respite. During this uncertain and frightening time, our small Mizna team is more grateful than ever for the artists, readers, audiences, and community we are fortunate to be a part of. The arts community is…
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#MiznaAtHome: SWANA Cinema Watchlist
Past Arab Film Fest curators recommend Arab/SWANA cinema available on streaming platforms for your quarantine viewing pleasure. Check out the rest of #MiznaAtHome programming here and a curated resource list for keeping up with SWANA culture here. Rami Azzazi, Arab Film Fest Curator 2014 The Time That Remains: A dark comedy by Elia Suleiman tells…
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Part II: “I Am Deliberate and Afraid of Nothing”—Four Writers on Poetry and Protest
The lines from Audre Lorde’s poem “New Year’s Day” serve as an inspiration for a Poetry Coalition collaboration. Image on left from Alaa Satir’s visual art series “We are the revolution”. On March 26, 2020, The Asian American Writers’ Workshop + Mizna co-hosted a live-streamed reading with Andrea Abi-Karam, Romaissaa Benzizoune, and Sham-e-Ali Nayeem as…
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Virtual Reading: I am Deliberate and Afraid of Nothing
Mizna + Asian American Writers’ Workshop partnered to present our first virtual reading! I Am Deliberate And Afraid of Nothing: Poetry, Prose, and Protest, a reading of Mizna authors went live on Facebook on Thursday, March 26, featuring authors Andrea Abi-Karam, Romaissaa Benzizoune, and Sham-e-Ali Nayeem. This livestream is a joyous first collaboration between Mizna…
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COVID-19 Precautions
With the rising public health concerns about the coronavirus (COVID-19) and Mizna’s office being a multi-use space, we would like our community members and students to take precautions to protect the wellness of others. Due to COVID-19 and out of a responsibility not to contribute to the spread of transmission, we are postponing our spring Arabic…
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Part I: “I Am Deliberate and Afraid of Nothing”—Six Writers on Poetry and Protest
The lines from Audre Lorde’s poem “New Year’s Day” serve as an inspiration for a Poetry Coalition collaboration. By The Asian American Writers’ Workshop + Mizna. Image on left from Alaa Satir’s visual art series “We are the revolution”. Below is a link to the full blogpost and a snippet from each readers’ response. George Abraham…