Mizna

Despite the snow, our Arab Film Fest continues today with a great lineup and good conversation with filmmakers including Rola Nashef! Don’t miss the free Reception and Filmmakers Roundtable at 4:45 pm with Nashef, Andrea Shaker, Suud Olat, and Mohammed Warsame! @detroitunleaded @rolanashef (at Saint John's University)

It’s snowy outside ❄️ why not get cozy with Mizna at our film fest today near St. Cloud? Launching at 2 pm with the Palestinian film The Wanted 18. Free for students! Tix, free parking info, & more at mizna.org (at Saint John's University)

Oh, these limited edition broadsides! “In Jerusalem” by Mahmoud Darwish, translated by the one and only @fady_jd and published in Mizna Vol 11. The brilliant Palestinian American artist @lamiaabukhadra designed and letter-pressed these beauties. Pick one up at our AWP booth (#1741). We’re sharing space with our RAWI besties. #AWP18

Twin Cities Arab Film Festival! Arab & Muslim films from Arab & Muslim filmmakers • Debut films • FREE opening party + concert from @hellopsychaleppo • Visiting filmmakers • Saturday morning cartoons • Films from Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, and many more. Get a GREAT deal on an all-access festival pass. Visit link in our bio for website. ⭐️📽#arabfilmfest

Welcome to town Ibtisam Barakat! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Get your tickets to tomorrow's reading and conversation with Naomi Shihab Nye! And only a few spots left in the weekend writing events. FMI and tix: mizna.org

We got our hands on Ibtisam Barakat's newest memoir. And you can too! She'll do a book signing after her reading and dialog with Naomi Shihab Nye next Friday! There are also limited spots for her workshop and craft talk. Read more and get your tix at mizna.org!

Palestinian American memoirist is coming to town! She'll do a reading with Naomi Shihab Nye on March 31. AND you can sign up for her Memoir Writing Program (4/1) and her Craft Talk (4/2). Spots are limited! More info at mizna.org.

Listen up Twin Cities readers. There's a book club at the West End Anthropologie (for real) run by the stylish + literary @kaylenralph of The Riveter. This Wednesday they're discussing Him, Me, Muhammad Ali by our fav @randajarrar . And you can get your hands on our mag too. #Repost @therivetermag ・・・ We hope your Saturday plans include getting your hands on a copy of 'Him, Me, Muhammad Ali' by Randa Jarrar! We'll be discussing this fantastic short story collection at 7 pm on Wednesday 3/15 at @anthro_westend with @mizna_arabart! DM to RSVP, or email @kaylenralph ([email protected]). Get your copy of the book at @milkweed_books and save 20%! #AnthroPS #AnthroEvents #Anthropologie #AnthroWestEnd #TheRiveter

Who run the world? 'Round here, it's #ArabWomen. This is the fabulous Monira Al Qadiri whose whose art is featured in the latest issue of Mizna and is our #NorthernSpark artist this year. On this #womensday, we're celebrating all the women behind Mizna. All the artists, writers, filmmakers, performers we've had the honor to present over the years. Mizna co-founder and long-time leader? Kathy Haddad. Film fest director? Michelle Baroody. Board chair? Charlotte Karem Albrecht. Editorial staff? Sonia Ali, Lisa Adwan, Sarah Dillard. Director? Lana Barkawi. ✊🏽👏🏽💪🏽 ✨ @moniraism @falafelina @charcharka @lisaadwan @snonieali @missmushkila @lanabarkawi Photo credit @yasminahaddad

You still have time get us your writing on the theme of Surviving! This special issue guest-edited by Moustafa Bayoumi will be an exploration of how our community is doing in these bewildering times. FMI on the topic and submission guidelines, visit mizna.org.

Tonight, hear Moheb Soliman talk about his incredible feat of placing poetry disguised as park signs in all five Great Lakes national parks. That and so much more at our journal release event as part of @northernlights.mn AAA Series. Info at mizna.org.

We are so honored to be hosting acclaimed nature writer, agrarian activist, and ethnobiologist Gary Paul Nabhan at tomorrow's journal release event.m for our Environment Issue, which he guest edited. An evening of readings, art, and discussion. It's free! With @northernlights.mn! At @studiozstpaul! Details at mizna.org

We're here until 4! Check out all these goodies. #indiesfirst #smallbusinesssaturday

Visit us at the Twin Cities Book Fest for hot tea and hot lit. Table 605. Thanks to Rain Taxi for another great fest! #arabamericanlit #tcbf16

Moheb Soliman performing a poem at the Knight Arts Awards event tonight! #knightarts

Join us for our Saturday line up of films at the #arabfilmfest! This morning at 11:30am, we've got you covered with coffee and donuts and a lovely film about a Muslim girl in France grappling with wearing the hijab since it's become illegal. Mizna.org

Opening night of the #arabfilmfest was a thrill! Join us today for these wonderful films. The student screening at of Yallah! Underground is now open to the public, but still FREE for high school and college students. Check it all out at mizna.org See you there. #filmalldayallnight