Mizna x AAWW: Announcing I WANT SKY

One year ago, activist and writer Sarah Hegazy ended her life in response to unimaginable cruelty, after being imprisoned and tortured by the Egyptian regime. Mizna in partnership with the Asian American Writers’ Workshop‘s The Margins, present I WANT SKY, a collection honoring Sarah Hegazy’s one irreplaceable life, and the lives of all LGBTQ+ people of the SWANA region and beyond.

Contributions from AMA, Amir Ferdjani, Banah el Ghadbanah, donia salem harhoor, Eman Desouky, Gamal ElSawah, Ghinwa Jawhari, Janaine Mogannam, Kamelya Omayma Youssef, Layla Zbinden, ‘mad, Mejdulene B. Shomali, Mish Ismy, Nada Almosa, Niki Afsar, Nour Kamel, Nusaiba Imady, Qais Kamran, Shiyam Galyon, Walid Daou.

The digital notebook, guest-edited by Mariam Bazeed is now available, print edition coming soon!

Illustrations for I WANT SKY are by Haitham Haddad – studio MNJNK; design by Morcos Key

READ THE DIGITAL COLLECTION