December 3, 2016

Pushcart Prize 2017 Nominees

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Mizna is proud to announce our 2017 Pushcart Prize Nominees.From Mizna Summer 2016:• Suheir Hammad for “prince and queens”• Amir Hussain for “Unmanned”• Tammy Lakkis for “Border Control”From Mizna Winter 2016, the Climate & Environment Issue, Winter 2016. Coming Soon!• Sharif Elmusa for “Ambassador Ra in London”• Naomi Shihab Nye for “Hummingbird”• Hamad Al-Rayes for “The Keeper of the...

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October 23, 2016

Winners of the 2016 Twin Cities Arab Film Fest Awards

by mizna | in Mizna News

The 11th Twin Cities Arab Film Festival was a weekend of beautiful, challenging, and powerful film. Thank you to our audiences, filmmakers, volunteers, sponsors, and partners.Mizna’s Arab Film Festival festival has long celebrated films and filmmakers whose work sets them apart. For the second year, in 2016, we convened a brilliant jury of filmmakers, film scholars, and community members working in cultural fields to select the top films in the following three categories: Best Narrative...

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July 20, 2016

Arab American Culture Podcast

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MIZNA STREAM Tune into Mizna Stream for highlights of great readings, discussions, and events from Mizna.August 24, 2016PERFORMANCE PANELIn this episode of Mizna Stream, you’ll hear featured readings by Arab-American writers Jennifer Zeynab Maccani, Adam Hamze, and Lauren Camp.

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