Mizna 25.2, Futurities invites you to face the status quo governing our present, exercise your imagination, and invoke alternative worlds.

Mizna: Futurities features contributions from Fathelbari Ahmad Al Hassan, Haidar Alghazali, Dana Alsamsam,  Sara Bedri, Pınar Banu Yaşar, Walid Daqqa, Abi Diaz, Sara Elkamel, Malak Hijazi, Nour Eldin Hussein, Randa Jarrar, Najwa Juma, Mona Kareem, Douglas Kearney, Nancy Kricorian, Aya Krisht, Elise Thi Tran, Faisal Mohyuddin, Umniya Najaer, Chinaecherem Obor, Ladan Osman, Abu Bakr Sadiq, Maya Salameh, Gina Alexandra Srmabekian, and Yi Wei.

Guest editors Barrak Alzaid and Aram Kavoossi.

Visual art by Siah Armajani

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Mizna 25.1 reflects on the various catastrophes our communities have faced and grieved in the past year while celebrating our communities’ abilities to continue resisting, loving, and pursuing liberation.

Contributions from: Leila Abdelrazaq, leena Aboutaleb, Yahya Ashour, Sarah Aziza, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán, River 瑩 瑩 Dandelion, Mahmoud Darwish, Olivia Elias, Ruba El Melik, Meriem Evangeline, Summer Farah, Noor Hindi, Sophie Jaulmes, Arthur Kayzakian, Leila Mansouri, Aurielle Marie, Nyla Matuk, Ahlaam Moledina, J Omer, mónica teresa ortiz, Michael Lawrence Payne, Aman Rahman, Jérémy Victor Robert, Alan Semerdjian, Nadia Shammas, Mejdulene Bernard Shomali, Danez Smith, Veera Sulaiman, Talin Tahajian, Alia Taqieddin, Alene Terzian-Zeitounian, Hawwa Youngmark, and Mohammed Zenia. Visual art by Taysir Batniji.

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Mizna: The Cinema Issue delves into the relationship between moving image–making and writing through the formal and conceptual framework of fragmentation, a theme which remains increasingly urgent to the SWANA region in the midst of the genocide in Gaza. Guest-edited by Palestinian filmmaker Saeed Taji Farouky, the issue is our most formally experimental publication to date. From vintage movie posters to photo essays, this limited edition issue’s beyond-the-bounds format, designed by Alex DeArmond, emphasizes fragmentation through special printed elements, held together in a single folio.

The issue includes contributions from Andrea Abi-Karam, Emily Ahmed, Nadira Amrani, Sophia Attigui, Aida Bardissi, Banah El Ghadbanah, Lara El Gibaly, Christiane Gruber, Jamie Lee Haddad, Roann Hassani McCloskey, Søren Lind, Raed Rafei, Yasmine Roukiaya, Reman Sadani, Larissa Sansour, Andrea Shaker, Jen Siraganian, Eman Quotah, and Lori Yeghiayan Friedman.

Additionally, guest editor Saeed Taji Farouky conducts interviews with Kamal Aljafari, Roann Hassani McCloskey, and Nadira Amrani. The cover image, a behind-the-scenes shot of Larissa Sansour and Søren Lind’s film, was photographed by Lenka Rayn H.

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The Summer 2023 was originally intended to be an un-themed issue, following the selection process, the editorial team noticed an emerging constellation of works on myth, memory, and folklore in its foundational pieces and retroactively titled the issue Mizna: Myth and Memory.

Featuring Rasha Abdulhadi, Abdulkareem Abdulkareem, Lydia Abedeen, leena aboutaleb, Nyree Abrahamian, Maya Abu-AlHayyat, Yasmine Ameli, Aida Bardissi, Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan, Sarah Cypher, Sara Elkamel, Bex Frankeberger, Zeina Hashem Beck, Umang Kalra, Aram Kavoossi, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Aliah Lavonne Tigh, Angie Mazakis, azad namazie, Chiwenite Onyekwelu, Hana Saad, Lubna Safi, donia salem harhoor, Samia Saliba, Yasmine Seale, Moheb Soliman, Ojo Taiye. Sarah Cypher is interviewed by George Abraham. Visual art by Sadik Kwaish Alfraji.

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Mizna: The Black SWANA Issue, guest-edited by Safia Elhillo and produced by an all-Black takeover team, explores the infinitely varied and kaleidoscopic nature of the Black SWANA experience.

Mizna: The Black SWANA Issue features contributions by Fahad Al-Amoudi, Salma Ali, Shams Alkamil, Ladin Awad, Lameese Badr, Romaissaa Benzizoune, Dina El Dessouky, Atheel Elmalik, k. eltinaé, Samah Fadil, Shawn Frazier, Myronn Hardy, Fatma Hassan, Asmaa Jama, Marlin M. Jenkins, Abigail Mengesha, Suzannah Mirghani, Nihal Mubarak, Umniya Najaer, Sihle Ntuli, Abu Bakr Sadiq, Sagirah Shaheed, Charif Shanahan, Najma Sharif, Faatimah Solomon, Vanessa Taylor, Qutouf Yahia, Thawrah Yousif.

The paintings of Kamala Ibrahim Ishag, a key figure in many Sudanese modernist art movements, perhaps most famously the Crystalist movement, will grace the pages of The Black SWANA Issue. Additionally, poet Charif Shanahan sits down with guest-editor Safia Elhillo for an interview.

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The summer 2022 issue of Mizna celebrates the life and legacy of Etel Adnan.

This issue features Adnan’s colorful paintings and tapestries. Omar Berrada, one of Adnan’s frequent collaborators, contributes a translated essay, “I followed lines I never saw,” originally written for the catalog of the exhibition Ecrire, c’est dessiner, which opened at Centre Pompidou-Metz in October 2021 and was inspired by Adnan’s idea that “writing is drawing.” Curator Marie-Nour Héchaime will interview Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige about the making of the film ISMYRNA and their creative relationship with Adnan. Additionally, writers and artists who have been impacted by Adnan’s life and work contribute works for an accompanying digital feature on Mizna’s website.

Contributions from Andrea Abi-Karam, Ibtisam M. Abujad, janan alexandra, Kazim Ali, Ume Ali, Joumana Altallal, Omar Berrada, Youmna Chlala, emet ezell, Jai Hamid Bashir, Malvika Jolly, Nathalie Khankan, Nicole Olweean, Andrew Riad, Abu Bakr Sadiq, Hannah Sassoon, Sagirah Shahid, Lisa Suhair Majaj, Veera Sulaiman, and Mohamed Tonsy. Interview between Marie-Nour Héchaime, Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige. Visual art by Etel Adnan.

The summer 2022 issue will be released July 2022 and can be pre-ordered now. PLEASE NOTE that since this is a pre-order, the issue will not be shipped until July 2022.

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The winter 2021 issue of Mizna, guest-edited by Tarik Dobbs, challenges conventional forms, language, and ideas within literary processes and traditions. Mizna: The Experimental Issue features poetry, prose, visual poems, collage, erasures, and more by award-winning authors, artists, filmmakers, and activists including Mohammed El-Kurd, Tracy Fuad, Hajjar Baban, George Abraham, Glenn Shaheen, and Nadia Shihab. Additionally, guest-editor Tarik Dobbs sat down with renowned Iranian-American poet Solmaz Sharif to discuss her work and approach to experimental writing.

Contributions from George Abraham, Lamia Abukhadra, Mays Albaik, Tamara Al-Qaisi-Coleman, Darius Atefat-Peckman, Hajjar Baban, Doris Bittar, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán, Mohammed El-Kurd, Tracy Fuad, David Groulx, Farah Kader, Magdeline Maher, Khashayar Mohammadi, hana roz, Yasmine Rukia, Trish Salah, Glenn Shaheen, Nadia Shihab, Fargo Tbakhi, Mohamed Tonsy, Sarah Sophia Yanni, Omar Zahzah, Issam Zineh. Interview with Solmaz Sharif. Visual art by Michael Rakowitz.

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The summer 2021 issue of Mizna features contributions from Nofel, Andrea Abi-Karam, Philipe AbiYouness, leena aboutaleb, Jessica Abughattas, Sarah Ghazal Ali, Arwa Alsamarae, Yasmine Ameli, Sara Elkamel, Mariam Gomaa, Farah Hamade, Kaleem Hawa, Nour Kamel, Rania Mamoun, Yara Omer, Hassan Saby, Lubna Safi, Maya Salameh, Nardine Taleb, Alene Terzian-Zeitounian, and Sumeja Tulic. Visual art by the late renowned Moroccan painter Mohamed Melehi.

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The winter 2020 issue of Mizna is guest edited by Palestinian graphic novelist Leila Abdelrazaq and addresses prompt of A New World Order. These days, it seems as though revolutionary changes are happening daily. From global political upheavals to public health crises, we are living in unprecedented times that are changing the ways we think, work, act, live, and love. We may not know what the future holds, but one thing is certain: the world as we know it is changing forever.

Contributions from Tarek Abou Omar, Sarah Ahmed, Zainab AlShibani, Elias Bouderdaben, Ghazi Ghazal, Stephany Madi, Lena Merhaj, Merieme Mesfioui, Aude Nasr, Hosam Omran, Sarah Saroufim, Enas Satir, Christian Sleiman, Stephanie Sleiman, and Helga Tawil-Souri. Cover art by Leila Abdelrazaq.

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The summer 2020 issue of Mizna is guest edited by Zeyn Joukhadar and speaks to bodily autonomy, embodiment, and self-determination within a queer, transgender, SWANA, and Muslim lens. Mizna: Queer + Trans Voices bears witness to our rich history, and imagines futures for ourselves. Within these pages, we not only exist, and are loved, and are beautiful; we create magic. We turn our eyes toward worlds of our own making. Read Zeyn’s foreword to the issue here: Worlds of Our Own Making.

Contributions from Dina Abdulhadi, Rasha Abdulhadi, Kamee Abrahamian, Danielle Badra, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán, Michael Chang, Tarik Dobbs, Hazem Fahmy, Carissa Halston, Ghinwa Jawhari, Marlin M. Jenkins, Joe Kadi, Mena Kamel, Nour Kamel, Nihal Mubarak, Aiya Sakr, Omar Sakr, Trish Salah, Mejdulene B. Shomali, Fargo Tbakhi. Visual art by Cumaea Halim.

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