October 15, 2026
Mizna announces its special bilingual anthology, Take My Sorrow and Sew Me a Heart Its Size: A Gaza Folio, available for pre-order now
Mizna announces Take My Sorrow and Sew Me a Heart Its Size: A Gaza Folio, a special collection of writing and art by Palestinians from Gaza. As guest editor, exiled Gazan poet and Mizna Fellow Yahya Ashour writes in his foreword that this project “is not a substitute for the full reality of what is happening in Gaza, nor does it attempt to resolve any so-called conflict in which the world has chosen to trap and crush us. The truth is as clear as the sun. It blinds those who are forever...
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August 21, 2026
Mizna Announces Palestinian Embroidery Expert Wafa Ghnaim as Inaugural Mizna Distinguished Lecturer
Mizna launches the Mizna Distinguished Lecture Series, recognizing cultural workers from Southwest Asia/North Africa and the diaspora who contribute critical and deeply considered research and practice to the contemporary scene. The inaugural lecture takes place on Sunday, October 18, at 1:30 pm at the Minneapolis Central Library, Pohlad Hall, located on the second floor. For our first lecturer, Mizna welcomes Wafa Ghnaim, art and dress historian, fashion researcher, embroiderer,...
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