Mizna

@miznaarabart.bsky.social

Mizna is a Twin Cities-based contemporary arts organization promoting Arab/SWANA lit, film + art. We publish a literary journal and Mizna Online, and produce the annual Twin Cities Arab Film Fest. mizna.org

Baba’s and Mizna co-present the fourth reading of their quarterly series. This time, we’ll hear from Yara Omer, Randall J. Tyrone, and Michelle Zamanian. Come early for a holiday bazaar ft Mizna merch, Baba’s goods + local makers! Join us on 12/5 at Baba’s Hummus House // 5pm bazaar, 7pm reading

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Join Monthly for Mizna ✨ Help Mizna keep blooming 🌸 We’re calling on our community to help us double our monthly donors from 67 to 134 by year’s end. Every monthly gift, even $5, fuels the art, justice, and creative freedom that define Mizna. givemn.org/mizna

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Lights⚡️Camera 🎥 Action! 🎬 ANNOUNCING THE 2025 ARAB FILM FEST FULL LINEUP 🎟️ TICKETS + PASSES AVAILABLE WHAT: 19th Twin Cities Arab Film Festival WHEN: Sept 24–28, 2024 WHERE: The Main Cinema, closing events at the Walker Art Center TICKETS + PASSES: tcaff25.eventive.org

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New York! Join us at Printed Matter's NY Art Book Fair September 11-14, 2025 at MoMA PS1! Our latest journals, merch, and more will be available for purchase. +Stay tuned about some NYC programming coming to you soon 👀

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ARAB FILM FEST OPENING NIGHT: Thank You for Banking With Us by Laila Abbas + post-screening Q+A with the director + At 6pm, before the film, join us for an opening reception with light refreshments from Shish!

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I forget we have lost the meaning of time; our appointments now stand in the line with us Bread line water line fear line time line line of death True steadfastness is returning from all these lines with every part of your body intact Your soul is of course damaged. That’s okay.

Mizna@miznaarabart.bsky.social · last yr.

"'I Bequeath Life To You, For We Die Without Life Knowing Us'—Nima Hasan Writing From the Ends of the Homeland," A collection of writings that Hasan shared publicly in 2024 during the genocide in Gaza, edited by Rania Jawad, translated by Malaka Shwaikh. mizna.org/mizna-online...

"In the line an old woman curses the fields and the ears of grain as she lists the names of the great cities for you She sews the rope of hunger to make a large sack of flour enough for the guards of the tents" -Nima Hasan, March 1 Recall her words as you weigh what is at stake in acting right now

Mizna@miznaarabart.bsky.social · last yr.

"'I Bequeath Life To You, For We Die Without Life Knowing Us'—Nima Hasan Writing From the Ends of the Homeland," A collection of writings that Hasan shared publicly in 2024 during the genocide in Gaza, edited by Rania Jawad, translated by Malaka Shwaikh. mizna.org/mizna-online...

For this year's Pride Month, Mizna Online is honored to be republishing selections from Mizna 21.1: Queer + Trans Voices for every week of June. This week, Mejdulene B. Shomali chronicles a revelatory moment of self-realization and tributes the iconic actor Patrick Swayze. mizna.org/mizna-online...

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