Category: Mizna News
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Mizna at AWP 2023
The 2023 AWP Conference & Bookfair takes place March 8–11, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. Join Mizna for a long weekend of Arab lit! At this year’s conference, Mizna will be hosting an offsite launch of our latest issue, an offsite workshop, and a panel. Learn more about how to attend the AWP 2023 here. Find…
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Mizna 23.2: Black SWANA Takeover
Mizna: Black SWANA Takeover, guest-edited by acclaimed poet Safia Elhillo and produced by an all-Black takeover team, was released February 2023 in celebration of Black History Month. The highly anticipated issue explores the infinitely varied and kaleidoscopic nature of the Black SWANA experience through a collection of poetry, prose, critical essays, research, and art, as…
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Mizna Film Series 2023: Resistant Images- Restoring, Recovering and Reimagining Palestinian Archival Film
Starting February 2023, Mizna Film Series transitions from a monthly film series to quarterly screenings. Screenings will take place exclusively in-person at the Trylon Cinema the fourth Wednesday of the months of February, May, August, and November. Learn more about the Mizna Film Series here. The 2023 Mizna Film Series highlights archival works and initiatives…
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Call for Guest Editor: The Cinema Issue
ABOUT MIZNA Mizna is a critical platform for contemporary literature, film, art, and cultural production centering the work of Arab and Southwest Asian and North African artists. For more than twenty years, Mizna has been creating a decolonized cultural space to reflect the expansiveness of our community and to foster exchange, examine ideas, and engage…
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2023 Pushcart Prize Nominations
Mizna is pleased to announce its 2023 Pushcart Prize Nominees: Fahad Al-Amoudi, Cinnabar Island, Mizna 23.2: The Black SWANA Issue Omar Berrada, I followed lines I never saw: On some motifs of connection and separation in the work of Etel Adnan, Mizna 23.1: Tribute to Etel Adnan Marlin M. Jenkins, The Good Ones, Mizna 23.2:…
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For Etel
Etel Adnan passed away last year on November 14, 2021 at the age of 96, leaving behind a wealth of prose, poetry, and artworks. Mizna asked writers and artists who have been impacted by Adnan’s life and work to contribute works for a digital feature. This digital tribute accompanies the summer 2022 issue of Mizna which…
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Luminance: A Tribute Event for Etel Adnan
On the one year anniversary of her death, Mizna celebrates the life and legacy of the prolific artist, writer, and philosopher Etel Adnan in a conversation with some of her collaborators and peers, Kazim Ali, Andrea Abi-Karam, and Omar Berrada moderated by Mizna curator Heba Y. Amin. This conversation will be available to view starting…
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Arab Film Fest Tulsa 2022
The 2022 Arab Film Fest is coming to Tulsa! After a successful debut last year, the festival returns for a second year presenting acclaimed contemporary films from Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco, Palestine, and more, and featuring special guests, local restaurants, and community partnerships. WHAT: Arab Film Fest Tulsa 2022WHEN: November 3–6, 2022WHERE: Circle Cinema, 10 S.…
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Mizna Film Series Fall 2022: Arab Film Fest Extended
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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Looking Through the Eternal Present —Marie-Nour Hechaime interviews Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige
This text is published as part of Mizna: 23.1: Tribute to Etel Adnan. Available to order here. Ismyrna begins with the recollection of the dreadful night of 1922 when Joana Hadjithomas’s grandfather had to flee — alongside his family — from Smyrna in flames. The fifty-minute film by artist duo Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, produced in…