I posted an excerpt of Enayat on my story, and one of my old college classmates messaged me, “Did you know my mom wrote this book?” I didn’t. I told him to tell her I was a fan of the book. I sat for a while and wondered about obsession.

My original list for this piece had over 65 SWANA titles releasing in the first half of 2026. That’s too many, but what a beautiful problem to have! So here are 30 of the most exciting adult titles coming this year, plus a few YA titles for fun.

In a literary landscape where institutional hegemony is rarely challenged, it is easy to forget that poetry as a practice … Continue reading "Uncrafted #3: An Interview with Farid Matuk"

This year has been a big year for books by SWANA authors. Big in the sense that we’ve seen an impressive volume of work published in English this year, but also in the sense that those works have received a lot of recognition in literary spaces, from individual readers and by way of major literary awards.

In 2026, Mizna celebrates the twentieth edition of our flagship program, the Twin Cities Arab Film Festival. We mark this … Continue reading "Mizna Film Series 2026: Looking Forward, Looking Back"

Pleasure: something you take in in gasps, as everything falls apart around you, as everything bets on your nonexistence and hastens it, actually.

Don’t our children make pretty figures? Would you like them in short clips?

. . . no empire needs to endure beyond the decree of honeybees.

Submissions are closed. Please check back for our next call for submissions. Subscribe to our newsletter to be the first … Continue reading "Call for Submissions: Mizna 27.1"