Oct 17 2021
Mizna 22.1 Virtual Launch
Join us in launching the summer 2021 issue of Mizna, featuring readings by Hassan Saby, Maya Salameh, Nardine Taleb and…Read More
Literary
Virtual
5pm CT
Sep 29 2021 –
Oct 03 2021
2021 Arab Film Fest / Talk with Souad Filmmaker
Mizna presents a discussion with acclaimed filmmaker Ayten Amin. Amin directed the opening night film of Mizna's Arab Film Fest,…Read More
Film
VIRTUAL
Sep 29 2021 –
Oct 03 2021
2021 Arab Film Festival
The fifteenth edition of Mizna’s Twin Cities Arab Film Fest returns to Minneapolis–St. Paul September 29–October 3, 2021. This year’s…Read More
Film
Virtual +
Trylon Cinema
2820 E 33rd St, Minneapolis
Oct 03 2021
2021 Arab Film Fest / Discussion: Moroccan Cinema in the 1970’s
This year's festival includes two recently restored Moroccan classics from the 1970s: Ahmed Maanouni's "Trances" and Mostafa Derkaoui's "About Some…Read More
Film
VIRTUAL
1pm CT
Oct 02 2021
2021 Arab Film Fest / Discussion: Exile and Lunar Colonization
Moderated by scholar and curator Róisín Tapponi, this discussion pairs filmmakers Sarah Francis and Mona Benyamin, who both use experimental…Read More
Film
VIRTUAL
12 pm CT
Oct 01 2021
2021 Arab Film Fest / Filmmaker Discussion: Darine Hotait and Hala Alyan
wo of our Mizna's favorite Arab American artists, director Darine Hotait and writer/actor Hala Alyan, have worked together on several…Read More
Film
VIRTUAL
4pm CT
Sep 29 2021
Opening Night Party: Arab Film Fest 2021
Join us outside of Moon Palace Books for the opening party of the 15th annual Twin Cities Arab Film Festival!…Read More
Film
Moon Palace Books Plaza, 3032 Minnehaha Ave S, Minneapolis, MN
4:30pm CT
Sep 22 2021 –
Sep 26 2021
Mizna Film Series: Birds of September
For the last film in the Mizna Film Series: Beirut, Mizna presents Birds of September by Sarah Francis ABOUT THE…Read More
Film
Virtual + Trylon Cinema
Sep 19 2021
Writing Your Novel: Prose Mini-Course with Randa Jarrar
Beginning a novel or memoir can be difficult, whether you are building a world from the ground up, or exploring…Read More
Classes|Literary
Virtual
3pm CT
Aug 25 2021 –
Aug 29 2021
Mizna Film Series: Post/Protracted Civil War
Cultural works made in post-war Lebanon are often labyrinthine in form and content, as artists and their subjects attempt to…Read More
Film
Virtual + Trylon Cinema