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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