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The seventeenth edition of Mizna’s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival (TCAFF) takes place September 27–October 1, 2023. This year’s festival takes place in-person at The Main Cinema with a special opening night screening at the Walker Art Center. A select number of films will be available virtually across the US.

The 2023 Arab Film Fest marks the 75th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, or the mass displacement and dispossession of the Palestinian people, with a special spotlight on contemporary and archival Palestinian films.

The full schedule is now available! Check out the line-up and get tickets for in-person screenings and virtual offerings.

COMING AROUND + POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION

Mizna presents a screening of Coming Around by Sandra Intäinen followed by a discussion with the subject of the documentary, Eman Abdelhadi in conversation with academic Mohammed Bamyeh

WHEN: September 30, 2023 at 12:30pm
WHERE: 115 SE Main St, Minneapolis, MN 55414, United States
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ABOUT THE FILM

A young, queer Muslim woman is grappling with the decision to come out to her devout mother, and ends up marrying her boyfriend to evade silent disapproval. This is a mother-daughter love story that reveals the often unseen intricacies of coming out and of seeking common ground and family. TRAILER

ABOUT THE PANELISTS

Eman Abdelhadi is an academic, activist and writer who thinks at the intersection of gender, sexuality, religion and politics. She is co-author of Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072, a sci-fi novel published in 2022 with Common Notions Press. Her academic work has been published in numerous sociology journals and covered by press outlets such as the Washington Post, Associated Press, and NPR. Abdelhadi received her PhD in Sociology in 2019 and is currently an assistant professor at the University of Chicago.

 

Mohammed A. Bamyeh is Professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. He was the lead author of Social Sciences in the Arab World (2015). His other books include The Social Origins of Islam; Intellectuals and Civil Society in the Middle East; Anarchy as Order; The Ends of Globalization; and Of Death and Dominion; in addition to a few edited volumes. Previously he served as the editor of International Sociology Reviews and is currently President of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS).

TICKETS

In-person tickets: $12

Student / Senior / Low Income in-person tickets: $10

Virtual tickets: Pay-what-you-can, minimum $5

Virtual screenings are available across the US with a select few available in Minnesota only.

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS

PASSES

Festival Pass: $100

Festival Passes include access to all in-person and virtual screenings, excluding the opening night film. Festival Pass-holders receive discounted opening night tickets and a free drink at the reception.

Virtual Pass: $100

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