November 4, 2021

Mizna 22.1 Foreword: On SWANA Literature + Art

by Mizna Community

Ruba ElMelik, Aram Kavoossi and Mizna Community Purchase your copy of Mizna 22.1 here. As Mizna asserts its identity beyond the frame of Arabness, we find ourselves gathering more as a collective of intersecting lives and experiences than as representatives of any fixed identity. While Mizna’s work has recently been categorized under the term Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA), we recognize the inherent limitations of any term to fully hold us as we work toward cultural...