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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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 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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A special third issue of Mizna was published in 2001, with contributions from Yussef El Guindi, David Williams, Corey Wade, Sinan Khatib, Khaled Mattawa, Cathy Camper, Layla El-Wafi, Mohja Kahf, Cherien Dabis, Dima Hilal, and Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán. Visual art by Emily Jacir.

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Second issue of Mizna published in 2000 with contributions from Sidi Benzahra, Esam Abdel Aal, Joanna Kadi, Issa Boullata, Kazim Ali, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrãn, Nahid Khan, Aida Hasan, Hassan Mekouar, Youssef Rakha, and Natalia Yatsukhina.

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First ever issue of Mizna, published in 1999. Contributions from Joanna Kadi, Saladdin Ahmed, Mohammed Almosa, Lisa Suheir Majaj, Nadia Higgins, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrãn, Kathryn Haddad, Nathalie Handel, Saleh Abudayyeh, and Adnan Shati.

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