Mizna: The Comix Issue Virtual Launch

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Mizna: The Comix Issue Virtual Launch

UPDATE: A recording of the launch event of Mizna: The Comix Issue is available here.

Join us in launching Mizna: The Comix Issue virtually!

Guest editor Leila Abedelrazaq will host a conversation with some of the artists in the issue, discussing their work in this special collection and reflecting on their art practice. Including Merieme Mesfioui, Sarah Ahmed, and others.

The winter 2020 issue of Mizna is guest edited by Palestinian graphic novelist Leila Abdelrazaq and addresses prompt of A New World Order. These days, it seems as though revolutionary changes are happening daily. From global political upheavals to public health crises, we are living in unprecedented times that are changing the ways we think, work, act, live, and love. We may not know what the future holds, but one thing is certain: the world as we know it is changing forever.

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>>HOW TO PARTICIPATE<<

The Zoom link will be sent out through Eventbrite the day before + day of the reading. In addition to the Zoom, this event will be livestreamed on Facebook.

>>ACCESSIBILITY<<

This reading will be live-captioned in English. If you have any questions about accessibility, please email us at mizna@mizna.org.

About the artists

Leila Abdelrazaq is a Palestinian author and artist. Her debut graphic novel, Baddawi (Just World Books, 2015), was shortlisted for the 2015 Palestine Book Awards and has been translated into three languages. She is also the creator of a number of zines and short comics. Leila’s creative work primarily explores issues related to diaspora, refugeehood, history, memory, and borders. She earned her MA in modern Middle Eastern & North African studies from the University of Michigan in 2020, where her research focused on Palestinian futurist art and post-national imaginaries.

Sarah Ahmed is a creative based in Abu Dhabi. She is the founder and curator of Jaffat El Aqlam, an independent platform established in 2014 that celebrates creations by humans based in the MENA region. When she’s not conducting workshops or stressing out about meeting self-made deadlines, she experiments with different mediums of art, journals, film photography, glitch art; sends postcards to strangers; publishes zines; and waters her plants.This human’s work has been featured in Jaffat El Aqlam, Al Tashkeel magazine (issue #24), Qahwa Project, Al Shakmajiya magazine, Nu Lit House, Riwayya, Reconnecting Arts (issue #1), Macro: An Anthology of Image Macros, and OOMK zine.

Stephany Madi is a Lebanese designer and illustrator living in New York City with her cat, Mika. She spends her days designing user interfaces and experiences, cooking and baking, and escaping into an imaginary world of illustrated absurdities inspired by realities.

Merieme Mesfioui is a Moroccan illustrator, graphic designer, and comic author based in France. Combining traditional Moroccan patterns and elements from Islamic art with graphic design and an erotic touch, she expresses through her art female empowerment and supports the LGBTQIA+ rights in SWANA countries as an ally.