Category: Mizna News
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Hell Is Empty and All the Devils Are in Gaza and Other Reflections
by Anees Ghanima, trans. by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
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Mizna Film Series 2024: Feminist Visions–SWANA Cinema by and about Women
In 2024, the quarterly Mizna Film Series (MFS) returns to the Trylon Cinema with a program entitled Feminist Visions. Since the beginning of cinema’s history, women have always worked both in front of and behind the camera. For this series, we focus on Arab/SWANA women who participated in creating and capturing images from the 1970s,…
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Press release: As Poetry Foundation Censors Pro-Palestine Voices, Mizna Uses Their Grant for Palestine
In light of recent events in Palestine—and more specifically, the Poetry Foundation’s censorship of pro-Palestinian voices and refusal to take a public stance on the genocidal war taking place in Gaza—Mizna makes this statement regarding our financial relationship with this funder. Mizna was recently awarded a Poetry Foundation grant for $35,000, and the Poetry Foundation has funded Mizna since 2021. During…
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Fast for Gaza
Fast for GazaDecember 21, 2023: Sunrise to SunsetContinuing every Thursday until a permanent ceasefire is called We have had enough.This is a call to fast. Because we have had enough. As Gaza is devastated by We are witnessing an unfolding catastrophe in real time, in some sense unprecedented because of new media. The toll is indescribable,…
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Not Just Passing: In Honor of Heba Abu Nada
by Heba Abu Nada, trans. by Huda Fakhreddine
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Media Tips for Palestine
by Meg Amad After receiving messages from members of her community expressing frustration at how they have been represented while giving interviews on Palestine, Meg Amad put together a guideline to consider before speaking with the press. 1. Ask to speak OFF THE RECORD first so that you can ask questions and get a better…
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Call for Submissions: Mizna 25.1
Please read the full call for submissions carefully, as our guidelines have changed. All submissions that do not adhere to our guidelines will be discarded unread. Submissions are due December 15, 2023. As Mizna’s twenty-fifth anniversary approaches, we are opening submissions for our Summer 2024 Issue, Mizna 25.1. Although this issue will be unthemed, the editorial…