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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Winter 2014 issue with a special theme: RAWI + Mizna 5th National Gathering, Selected Proceedings. With contributions from Stephanie Abraham, Andrea Assaf, Hayan Charara, Carol Fadda-Conrey, Hedy Habra, Marilyn Hacker, Shadab Zeest Hashmi, Amir Hussain, Randa Jarrar, Kim Jensen, Fady Joudah, Mohja Kahf, Farid Matuk, Philip Metres, Dina Omar, Deema K. Shehabi, Priscilla Wathington. Visual art by Marguerite Dabaie and Joe Namy.

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Summer 2014 issue with a special theme Eating the Other. Guest edited by Robert Farid Karimi and Khaldoun Samman. With contributions from R. Abusahan, Yasmine Anderson, Tim August, Mary Barghout, Dina El Dessouky, Lana Habash, Hedy Habra, Aida Hasan, Randa Jarrar, Hiba Krisht, Christina Najla LaRose, Shahé Mankerian, William Nour, Micaela Kaibni Raen, Michelle Ramadan, Joseph Rathgeber, Mejdulene B. Shomali, Donya Tag-El-Din, Priscilla Wathington. Visual art by Zineb Sedira and Raed Yassin.

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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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Summer 2012 issue with a special theme: Literature in Revolution. Guest edited by Mohammed A. Bamyeh, with contributions from R. Abusahan, Maimouna Alammar, Andrea Assaf, John Asfour, Mary Barghout, Angele Ellis, Hedy Habra, Mohja Kahf, Remi Kanazi, Hassan Mekouar, Shady El Noshokaty, Dina Omar, Tasnim Qutait, Burt Ritchie, Khaldoun Samman, Leila Tayeb, and Andy Young. Visual art by Ahmed Basiony.

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