Tag: Journal
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Call for Submissions: The Futurities Issue
Guest editor Barrak AlzaidCo-editor Aram Kavoossi Deadline extended: Submissions are open now through June 30, 2024 SUBMIT YOUR WORK HERE PLEASE READ THE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES CAREFULLY, UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONS SENT TO OUR EMAIL AND SUBMISSIONS THAT DO NOT ADHERE TO THE GUIDELINES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. Before speculative writing, we must have speculative thought. Before thinking…
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The Ineffable Resonance– Safia Elhillo interviews Charif Shanahan
This text is published as part of Mizna: 23.2: Black SWANA Takeover. Available to order here. Poets Safia Elhillo and Charif Shanahan first met during Cave Canem’s 2014 writing retreat, and, at the end of their time together, Safia’s graduation speech was abundant with praise for Charif’s work and his depiction of the mother figure– a woman…
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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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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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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…
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Mizna 23.1 Virtual Launch
Saturday August 20, 2022, Mizna virtually launched our summer issue, Mizna 23.1. This virtual event features readings by Ibtisam M. Abujad, emet ezell, Malvika Jolly, Nathalie Khankan, and Abu Bakr Sadiq. Mizna 23.1 includes a tribute to the life and legacy of Etel Adnan. WATCH HERE Order Mizna 23.1 ABOUT THE READERS Ibtisam M. Abujad is…
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Luminance: A Tribute to Etel Adnan
This summer, Mizna celebrates the life and legacy of the prolific artist, writer, and philosopher Etel Adnan in a series of film and literary programs. Etel Adnan passed away last year at the age of 96, leaving behind a wealth of prose, poetry, and artworks. Her visual and written works manifest images of joy and…