Mizna: Events: Apr 11th: Celebration of Mahmoud Darwish

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Apr 11th: Celebration of Mahmoud Darwish

Mahmoud Darweesh

Featuring: Fady Joudeh, Palestinian-American poet and physician, winner of the 2007 Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition.

With David Mura, Anya Achtenberg, and Raed Abughazeleh.

Music by Salah Abdelfattah.

Traditional Middle Eastern Food

Saturday, April 11, 2009 @ 7pm

Fady Joudeh

$5 suggested donation

Reception and Book Signing immediately following program

Place: Target Performance Hall, Open Book (Loft Literary Center)
1011 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55415

Cosponsored by the Loft, Meeting Minnesota's Muslims.

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Mizna's award-winning journal, published since 1999, continues to be the singular journal of Arab American literature in the United States.

Mizna has been honored to present the annual Arab Film festival in Minnesota since 2003 and has hosted some of the most talented Arab American artists in the visual arts, on stage, in music, and in film—including Simon Shaheen, Suheir Hammad, Hakim Belabbes, Nadia El Fani, Jack Shaheen, Raed Al Helou, Mai Masri, the Iron Sheik, Elias Khoury and others.

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RECENT ADDITIONS

	Events: Feb 18-28: "I Heart Hamas" Midwest Premiere! (January 22nd, 2010)
	Events: Feb. 18: Opening night of "I Heart Hamas" (January 21st, 2010)
	Events: Mar 11-14: Sixth Twin Cities Arab Film Festival (January 4th, 2010)
	Events: Sept-Dec 2009: 10 Weeks of Arabic Classes! (September 22nd, 2009)
	Events: Nov 15: Mizna's Ten Year Anniversary Celebration! (September 2nd, 2009)
	Events: Aug 8th: Launch of Alia Yunis' The Night Counter (August 8th, 2009)
	Events: Apr 11th: Celebration of Mahmoud Darwish (April 11th, 2009)
	Photos: Lecture by Dr. Rashid Khalidi, March 2009 (March 12th, 2009)

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