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  • Call for Submissions: The Black SWANA Issue

    Call for Submissions: The Black SWANA Issue

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    Lamia Abukhadra
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    This issue comes after two years of global uprising against racism, fascism, and settler colonialism. Following the murder of George Floyd, we witnessed a powerful demonstration of solidarity with Black life and in defense of Black lives within our Twin Cities community. We also began to recognize and reckon with the role Arabs play in…

  • Call for Positions: Mizna Black SWANA Takeover

    Call for Positions: Mizna Black SWANA Takeover

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    Lamia Abukhadra
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    The winter 2022 issue of Mizna will be a Black takeover issue. Centered on the Black and Afro-SWANA communities in the Southwest Asia + North Africa region and diaspora, the issue will be both collaborative and reflexive in its editorial process and as a finished product in order to amplify Black voices, work, and modes…

  • “Black Lives Matter” by Anis Chouchene

    “Black Lives Matter” by Anis Chouchene

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    Following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, an eruption of anti-brutality riots commenced across the U.S. in support of Black lives. As the riots began to spread outside of Minnesota and the United States and into other parts of the world, the celebrated Tunisian poet, Anis Chouchene, known for his outspokenness regarding anti-Blackness in…

  • “Our Identity as Human”: Interview with Anis Chouchene by Ruba ElMelik

    “Our Identity as Human”: Interview with Anis Chouchene by Ruba ElMelik

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    Mizna Intern
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    Following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, an eruption of anti-brutality riots commenced across the U.S. in support of Black lives. As the riots began to spread outside of Minnesota and the United States and into other parts of the world, the celebrated Tunisian poet, Anis Chouchene, known for his outspokenness regarding anti-Blackness in…

  • Accountability Statement

    Accountability Statement

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    Mizna Intern
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    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…

  • Webinar Series: Anti-Black Racism in SWANA + Diaspora

    Webinar Series: Anti-Black Racism in SWANA + Diaspora

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    Lamia Abukhadra
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    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…

  • Black Lives Matter

    Black Lives Matter

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    Lana Barkawi
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    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…