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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This anniversary issue, Twenty Years, features authors who’ve been with us since the very first year of Mizna, as well as many new, vibrant voices. The visual art in this issue is from Alaa Satir, an artist who has been closely involved in the ongoing Sudanese revolution.

Featured in this journal are contributions by Andrea Abi-Karam, Elmaz Abinader, Nour Al Ghraowi, Threa Almontaser, Aida Bardissi, Adam Benkato, Romaissaa Benzizoune, Leila Chatti, Hazem Fahmy, Hedy Habra, Kathryn Haddad, Annemarie Jacir, Joe Kadi, Mohja Kahf, Nahid Khan, Adele Ne Jame, Naomi Shihab Nye, Yara Omer, Yasmine Rukia, Samia Saliba, Therese Saliba, Sagirah Shahid, and Matthew Shenoda. Visual art by Alaa Satir.

This issue’s publication is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Summer 2017 Issue with the theme Surviving. This issue was guest edited by Moustafa Bayoumi and features writing from Hala Alyan, Niebal Atiyeh, Paul Kaidy Barrows, Maya Beck, Ramla Bile, Hayan Charara, Bernard Ferguson, Marion Gómez, Amjad Hajyassin, Noor Hashem, Tariq Luthun, Jess Rizkallah, Glenn Shaheen, Sagirah Shahid. Visual art from artists of the seven countries of the original Muslim Ban by Salwa Aleryani, Khaled Barakeh, Adelita Husni-Bey, Fadlabi,, Ifrah Mansour, Anahita Razmi, and Walid Siti.

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Winter 2015 Issue exploring the theme of Intersectionality. This issue is guest edited by Charlotte Karem Albrecht and features works from Elmaz Abinader, Suad Ali, Andrea Assaf, Maya Beck, Jennifer Camper, R. Benedito Ferrão, Jill Hawkins, Joe Kadi, Mohja Kahf, Robert Farid Karimi, Tammy Lakkis, and Sagirah Shahid. Visual art by Shady El Noshokaty.

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2013 issue of Mizna with contributions from Bilal Alkatout, Hala Alyan, Marguerite Dabaie, Shokry Eldaly, Yahya Frederickson, Catherine Fletcher, Layla Azmi Goushey, Yussef El Guindi, Hedy Habra, Joe Kadi, Ismail Khalidi, Shahé Mankerian, Shannon O’Neill, Joseph Rathgeber, Sagirah Shahid. Visual art by Osama Esid.

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