Festival Curator Mohannad Ghawanmeh
Festival Coordinator Michelle Baroody
Graphic Design Timothée Génot / redkitten.org
Website Heba Amin
Videography and Trailer Anna Andersen and Anisa Abdel-Jelil
Photography Furqan Rauf
Volunteer Coordinator Moheb Soliman
Screening Committee
Rayane Alamuddin
Rami Azzazi
Michelle Baroody
Mohannnad Ghawanmeh
Lena Halabi
Abdelkader Hamouchi
Patrick Snyder
Mizna Staff
Executive & Artistic Director Lana Salah Barkawi
Program Manager Moheb Soliman
Mizna Editor Lisa Adwan
Mizna Poetry Editor Jen March
Visual Arts Curator Aissa Deebi
Interns Anna Andersen, David Goldstein, Erinn Voas
Mizna Board of Directors
Charlotte Karem Albrecht, President
Ziad Amra, Treasurer
Amy Kamel
Nahid Khan
Michele Khouli
Shahé Mankerian
Dipankar Mukherjee
Rabi‘h Nahas
William Nour, Vice President
P. Niny Salem, Secretary
Thanks
Sharon Rodning Bash, Nawal & Yehia Barkawi, Hisham Bizri, Common Roots, Billy Golfus, Sara Grochowski, Amanda Hankerson, Mohamad Khouli, Bruce Jacobson, Hussein Khatib, Matt Levine, Nabil Matar, Linda Mokdad, Sheryl Mousely, Meena Natarajan, Jawdy Obeid, Dean Otto, Sonali Pahwa, Anh Thu Pham, K. Flo Razowsky, Khaldoun Samman, Peter Schilling, Kim Silarski, Kathy & Brett Smith, Kathie Smith, Scott Smith, Brad Stiffler, Graeme Stout, Mazher Al-Zo‘by
MIZNA Donors and Partners
Mizna Donor ($5–$49)
Esam & Paula Aal, Zaid Al’Hakim & Thoraya Al-Essahki, Evelyn AlSultany, Salih J. Altoma, Subir Banerjee, Robert Barnett, Sharon & Donald Berglund, Jaclyn Burns, Ouida Crozier, Kathryn Esslinger, Salah Fattah, Joyce Fortier, Majda Gama, Farheen Hakeem, Fuad Hannon, Carolyn Holbrook, Lameece Isaaq, Mary Katsiaficas, Kevin Kujawa, Rachel Milloy, Sahar Mustafah, Sarah Peters, Jess Riemer, Steven Rosenberg, Leona Ross, Andrea Shaker, Mejdulene Shomali, Moheb Soliman, Carl & Kathleen Sporer, Florence Steichen, Patricia Whitehouse, Torange Yeghiazarian, Miriam & Refat Zayed
Many generous anonymous donors
Mizna Associate ($50–$249)
Catharine Abbott, Abir & Hashem Abukhadra, Fadia & Yusuf Abul-Hajj, Etel Adnan, Olfet & Frank Agrama, Sami AlBanna, Yasin Alsaidi, Farouk Althlathini, Siah Armajani, Yehia & Nawal Barkawi, Sharon Rodning Bash, Jack Becker & Nancy Reynolds, Malek Bohsali, Stephen & Hala Buck, Ouahib Chalbi, Jerry & Sue Cohen, Jon Cotner, Fritz & Nellie Dorigo, Kurt Froehlich & Jen March, Dina Gad, Gary Gardner & Helen Kivnick, Kathryn Haddad, Nicole & Mazen Halabi, Hanan Heakal, Leigh Hill & Jacob Kader, Charlotte Karem Albrecht & Katie Murphy, Randa Kayyali, Mona & Rashid Khalidi, Mohamad Khouli, Wael & Michele Khouli, Dorothy Leigh, Hilary Morris & Nesreen Akhtarkhavari, Sophie Paine, David Penchansky & Hend Al-Mansour, Mike Rollin, James Rustad, Janet Schmitt, Mary Shehadeh, Jna Shelomith & Ethan Laubach, Scott Smith & Lana Barkawi, Cindy B. Tong, Jeanette Wiedemeier Bower, Hythem Zayed, Allina Health Systems Dollars for Donors, Bobby & Steve’s Auto World Youth Foundation
Mizna Patron ($250–$999)
Ziad Amra & Rebecca Haddad, Mohammed Bamyeh, Zeina Barkawi, Raja & Elma Ghanem, Nahid Khan & Dawud Mulla, Nabil Matar, Rabi’h Nahas, Jawdy Obeid, Guy Piotrowski & William Nour, Bank of America Foundation, US Bank Foundation
Mizna Benefactor ($1000+)
Barbara Jabr, Husam Khalil, Center for Arab American Philanthropy, Cultural STAR Program, Elmer L. & Eleanor J. Andersen Foundation, General Mills Middle East Employee Network, Knight Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council
Mizna Partners & In Kind Donors
Al-Amir Bakery, Arab American National Museum, Filfillah Restaurant, Gandhi Mahal, Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota, Intermedia Arts, Jerusalem Market, The Loft Literary Center