Tag: poetry
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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…
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RAWIfest 2023
The Radius of Arab American Writers and Mizna are excited to host Mizna+RAWIFest, RAWI’s bi-annual conference for 2023, in RAWI’s 30th year! The conference will take place October 26 through 28 in Minneapolis and online. This event is FULLY-HYBRID, those choosing to attend online will be able to fully participate. The conference will kick-off with…
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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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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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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…