Category: Mizna News

  • “Fearful Voices” Review: Haunted by Stereotypes

    “Fearful Voices” Review: Haunted by Stereotypes

    SOME ARAB AND MUSLIM WRITERS SAY THEY’RE SEEN AS THE USA’S GOBLINS. THEY’RE USING HALLOWEEN TO TRY TO CHANGE THAT PERCEPTION. Jon Tevlin, Minneapolis Star Tribune You might see them at your door tonight, begging for candy. Little girls in berqas or boys dressed as Ahab the Arab, with fake beards and daggers. The Arab…

  • Arab-Americans Find a Liberating Voice in “The Cloud Of The Desert”

    Arab-Americans Find a Liberating Voice in “The Cloud Of The Desert”

    LITERARY JOURNAL PROVIDES FOCUS FOR A PROUD AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY TO EXPRESS ITSELF IN AN ERA OF MISUNDERSTANDING Anayat Durrani, Special to The Daily Star LOS ANGELES: The voice of Arab-Americans is eloquently expressed on the pages of Mizna, the only Arab-American literary journal in the United States. Since its conception three years ago, Mizna…