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Mizna 22.2

The Experimental Issue

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.

  • TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Tarik Dobbs
    Foreword: What Is Experimental Work, Anyways? …. 5

    George Abraham
    Defenestration Fantasy
    (collapsing sestina) ..………………………………………………. 8

    hana roz
    Daughter Calls to the Sea and Meets Its Ghosts ………. 10
    JUNE 12 ………………………………………………………………….. 12
    Lone Star Lucky ……………………………………………………… 13

    Mohammed El-Kurd
    Anti-Biography …………………………………………………….. 15
    Park Benches with Teeth ……………………………………….. 18

    Hajjar Baban
    QUORA DIGEST SEARCH: WHAT DO AFGHANS
    THINK OF KURDS? ………………………………………………… 20
    QUORA DIGEST SEARCH: WHAT DO KURDS
    THINK OF AFGHANS? …………………………………………….. 21
    “A” is for Allah, “J” Is for Jihad ………………………………. 22

    Farah Kader
    Ayn Hawd ……………………………………………………………… 23

    Magdeline Maher
    WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS? …………………………………….. 27

    David Groulx
    Aphasia: Sun driven from our faces ………………………. 30

    Trish Salah
    flood jokes ……………………………………………………………. 34
    Café Cléopâtre ………………………………………………………. 35

    Tracy Fuad
    from Eject ……………………………………………………………. 38

    Mays Albaik
    القلب بلا العلة / Letters of Ailment ……………………………. 41

    Khashayar Mohammadi
    The Six Realms of Ibn ‘Arabi: (Realm I–III)………….. 45

    Tamara Al-Qaisi-Coleman
    mixtape: on what war looks like to a child born
    free, in a war zone, with generational trauma…….. 46
    Gerboise Bleu ……………………………………………………… 47

    Nadia Shihab
    Echolocation ……………………………………………………… 49

    Michael Rakowitz
    Visual Art – The invisible enemy should not exist
    (Northwest Palace of Nimrud) …………………………… 56

    Lamia Abukhadra
    Palimpsests of Removal, of Violence, of
    Possibility: on The invisible enemy should not
    exist …………………………………………………………………. 67

    Fargo Tbakhi
    PALESTINE IS A FUTURISM: SPIDERS ……………….. 71
    Gazan Tunnels through USA v ABAJI et al. …………. 72
    An American Writes a Poem, ……………………………… 74

    Doris Bittar
    Colonial Colonnade ………………………………………….. 76

    Yasmine Rukia
    [Mena]gerie ……………………………………………………. 78

    Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán
    Emissaries from the Arab World, Envision:
    A Queer/Trans Arab Multiverse …………………….. 80

    Issam Zineh
    Abstract ………………………………………………………. 83
    once upon a time, my father said ……………….. 84

    Mohamed Tonsy
    Cover Letter for The Artifact is Ours ………… 85
    The Artifact is Ours …………………………………… 86

    Glenn Shaheen
    NAVIGATION IN A WORLD FILLED
    MOSTLY WITH EMPTY FIELDS …………….. 88
    THE MENTAL PROCESSING OF
    COLORS USED ON WEATHER MAPS …….. 90

    Solmaz Sharif
    Interview —Reading an Experiment
    into a Poem …………………………………………. 92

    Darius Atefat-Peckman
    Susie’s Letter: an Erasure …………………. 98

    Omar Zahzah
    a poem joins the resistance ………………… 100
    how to talk to (white) people who are
    seeing your people in the news more
    and feel really really bad …………………….. 101

    Sarah Sophia Yanni
    CANON ……………………………………………….. 102

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The winter 2021 issue of Mizna, guest-edited by Tarik Dobbs, challenges conventional forms, language, and ideas within literary processes and traditions. Mizna: The Experimental Issue features poetry, prose, visual poems, collage, erasures, and more by award-winning authors, artists, filmmakers, and activists including Mohammed El-Kurd, Tracy Fuad, Hajjar Baban, George Abraham, Glenn Shaheen, and Nadia Shihab. Additionally, guest-editor Tarik Dobbs sat down with renowned Iranian-American poet Solmaz Sharif to discuss her work and approach to experimental writing.

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.