Read Judy Woodward’s Park Bugle interview with Mizna’s executive director Lana Barkawi.

View all of Mizna’s newsletters below. March 30, 2015March 5, 2015February 2, 2015January 28, 2015January 9, 2015December 31, 2014December 28, … Continue reading "Newsletter Archives"

I walk as if I were another. And my wound a white biblical rose. And my hands like two doves on the cross hovering and carrying the earth.

Mizna is a Twin Cities-based arts organization that provides a forum for Arab American film, literature, and art. Our main … Continue reading "Mizna is Seeking Interns"

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS DECEMBER 31, 2012 Mizna’s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival is seeking films–narrative, documentary, experimental, and animated–both … Continue reading "CALL FOR FILMS: 8th Twin Cities Arab Film Festival"

Mizna is pleased to announce the addition of poet Jen March to our editorial team. Jen has long been in … Continue reading "Meet Mizna’s New Poetry Editor, Jen March. Also, Call for Submissions Deadline!!"

BY MOHANNAD GHAWANMEH During the long wait between Twin Cities Arab Film Festival editions, where do you go to stay tuned in … Continue reading "Cinema Arabiata, an Arab Film Blog"

MIZNA’S 7TH TWIN CITIES ARAB FILM FESTIVALDeadline extended, now August 29, 2011! Mizna’s 7th Twin Cities Arab Film Festival is … Continue reading "Film Submission Deadline Extended!"

MINNESOTA’S FIRST ARAB FILM FESTIVAL SPEAKS LOUDER THAN CNN Jeremy O’Kasick, City Pages At the close of Jenin Jenin, a … Continue reading "FILM FEST REVIEW: Mid-East Summit in Midwest"