March 29, 2022

Mizna: The Experimental Issue

by Lamia Abukhadra | in Literary

The winter 2021 issue of Mizna, guest-edited by Tarik Dobbs, challenges conventional forms, language, and ideas within literary processes and traditions.

Contributions from George Abraham, Lamia Abukhadra, Mays Albaik, Tamara Al-Qaisi-Coleman, Darius Atefat-Peckman, Hajjar Baban, Doris Bittar, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán, Mohammed El-Kurd, Tracy Fuad, David Groulx, Farah Kader, Magdeline Maher, Khashayar Mohammadi, hana roz, Yasmine Rukia, Trish Salah, Glenn Shaheen, Nadia Shihab, Fargo Tbakhi, Mohamed Tonsy, Sarah Sophia Yanni, Omar Zahzah, Issam Zineh. Interview with Solmaz Sharif. Visual art by Michael Rakowitz.

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Readings

EXPERIMENTAL ISSUE LAUNCH

On Sunday, January 30, 2022 Mizna launched The Experimental Issue with TWENTY ONE AUTHORS.

Featured readers include Mays Albaik, Tamara Al-Qaisi-Coleman, Darius Atefat-Peckman, Hajjar Baban, Doris Bittar, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán, Mohammed El-Kurd, Tracy Fuad, Farah Kader, Magdeline Maher, Khashayar Mohammadi, Yasmine Rukia, hana roz, Trish Salah, Glenn Shaheen, Nadia Shihab, Fargo Tbakhi, Mohamed Tonsy, Sarah Sophia Yanni, Omar Zahzah + Issam Zineh.

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AWP OFFSITE READING

In celebration of The Experimental Issue, Mizna hosted an offsite reading during AWP 2022. This event was co-presented with RAWI and Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture.

Featuring readings from George Abraham, Tamara Al-Qaisi-Coleman, Tracy Fuad, Glenn Shaheen, Yasmine Rukia, and Issam Zineh.

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The Experimental Issue: Digital Edition

In addition to a print edition, select pieces from The Experimental Issue will be published on Mizna’s website, including audio recordings of author readings.

Read and listen to Anti-Biography by Mohammed El-Kurd, the first in our series of digital pieces from The Experimental Issue.

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In every issue, Mizna features an exclusive interview with a prominent SWANA artist, writer or filmmaker. For our forthcoming Experimental Issue, guest-editor Tarik Dobbs interviewed renowned author Solmaz Sharif.

In addition to being included in the print edition, we’re excited to share this exclusive interview as a digital piece on our website.

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Read the Foreword to Mizna 22.2: What is experimental work, anyways? written by our guest-editor Tarik Dobbs.

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