May 6, 2025
FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY
by Lana Barkawi | in Literary
Mizna, a founding member of the Poetry Coalition, is accepting applications for a paid Poetry Coalition Fellowship position. This position is 20 hours per week from September 2, 2025 to June 30, 2026. The total stipend is $20,000 plus $1,100 toward healthcare. The Poetry Coalition is a national alliance of nearly thirty organizations dedicated to working together to promote the value poets bring to our culture and the important contribution poetry makes in the lives of people of all...
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April 8, 2025
Two Poems by Banah el Ghadbanah
As we reflect on Syria’s last fifty-three years under the Assad regime and look to the future of the country in the aftermath of it’s fall, Mizna shares two poems from Syrian poet Banah Ghadbian which speak on past moments of joy and present moments of confrontation and reconciliation. —Layla Faraj, editorial assistant Banat Ishreh* I look at the photograph of banat ishreh, the secret oud circle my city grandmother held while my country grandmother...
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March 18, 2025
Mizna at AWP 2025
by Lamia Abukhadra | in Literary
The 2025 AWP Conference & Bookfair takes place March 26–29, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Join Mizna for a long weekend of SWANA lit! At this year’s conference, Mizna will present an AWP Featured Event with Lena Khalaf Tuffaha and Mosaab Abu Toha, an AWP offsite event, and panels. Learn more about how to attend the AWP 2025 here. Mizna + RAWI Booth Catastrophe + Futurities: A Mizna AWP Offsite Event Featured Event: Mizna Gathers Lena Khalaf Tuffaha & Mosab Abu Toha in...
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January 21, 2025
A Palestinian Tomorrow—A New Poem by Randa Jarrar
by Randa Jarrar
Because today there is still a war and
maybe after the war there will be a day,
if after the war I have a drum or even a mouth
to fix to say that we will dance
and laugh so hard a day
after the day after the war
October 10, 2024
Now, for the Weather
here: here: here: here: take what I have in exchange
(but what do I have?) just this:
