December 4, 2020
2021 Pushcart Prize Nominations
Mizna is pleased to announce its nominations for the 2021 Pushcart Prize.How to Make White Supremacy Generative/How to Survive a Pandemic by Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhránprayer glitch by Trish SalahCanine Smiles Joe KadiQueer Motherhood Is Speculative Fiction by Kamee AbrahamianTo Patrick Swaze, Thanks for Everything! Mejdulene Shomali by Mejdulene B. ShomaliChecklist for the New World by Hazem FahmyEach nominated piece appears in our recently released Mizna: Queer + Trans Voices, guest edited by...
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November 19, 2020
Arab Film Fest Collab
Trailer production by Jordan Lee Thompson. Music credit: Wad Alnuba (Captain Planet Remix) by Alsarah & The Nubatones.The Arab American National Museum (AANM), Arab Film and Media Institute (AFMI), ArteEast and Mizna collectively present the Arab Film Fest Collab December 3–13, 2020. With programs featuring films, panel discussions, and performances from Southwest Asia and North Africa, the AFFC highlights Arab, Afro-Arab and Black SWANA voices, capturing the complexity of the...
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October 30, 2020
Mizna: Queer + Trans Voices Virtual Launch
Join Mizna for a virtual launch of the summer 2020 issue Mizna: Queer + Trans Voices. Guest-edited by Zeyn Joukhadar, this issue speaks to bodily autonomy, embodiment, and self-determination within a queer, transgender, SWANA, and Muslim lens. Mizna: Queer + Trans Voices bears witness to our rich history, and imagines futures for ourselves. Within these pages, we not only exist, and are loved, and are beautiful; we create magic. We turn our eyes toward worlds of our own making. Read Worlds...
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