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Remembering the Beirut Port Explosion
On August, 4, 2020 a portion of the 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, kept in the centrally located port of Beirut, exploded with disastrous results. Within minutes, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history killed hundreds of people, injured thousands, and left hundreds of thousands homeless. Though plenty of testimony, statistics, and videos have…
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2021 Pushcart Prize Nominations
Mizna is pleased to announce its nominations for the 2021 Pushcart Prize. How to Make White Supremacy Generative/How to Survive a Pandemic by Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán prayer glitch by Trish Salah Canine Smiles Joe Kadi Queer Motherhood Is Speculative Fiction by Kamee Abrahamian To Patrick Swaze, Thanks for Everything! Mejdulene Shomali by Mejdulene B. Shomali Checklist…
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Accountability Statement
Mizna read the below accountability statement to commence the webinar series addressing anti-Black racism in SWANA + Diaspora communities. See our statement on the murder of George Floyd here, and watch the recorded webinars here. Hello, I’m Lana Barkawi, the Executive and Artistic Director at Mizna, a nonprofit arts organization with a mission to provide…
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Webinar Series: Anti-Black Racism in SWANA + Diaspora
Statement in Farsi / فارسی • Statement in Arabic / عربى Following a statement made after the brutal murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police, between July 10 and July 24, 2020, Mizna with the US-based organizations including the Imagining Transnational Solidarities Research Circle at the University of Minnesota, and Arab…