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Mizna 19.2 The Palestine Issue
Mizna 19.2 The Palestine Issue
Winter 2018 issue with a Palestine theme. Guest edited by Ismail Khalidi and features contributions by Leila Abdelrazaq, George Abraham, Janan Alexandra, Lina AlSharif, Zaina Alsous, Hala Alyan, Zeina Azzam, Bryonn Bain, Jehan Bseiso, Kevin Coval, Najwan Darwish, Natalie Diaz, Summer Farah, Nathalie Handal, Marc Lamont Hill, Fady Joudah, Ed Bok Lee, Hisham Matar, Khaled Mattawa, Sahar Mustafah, Eileen Myles, Naomi Shihab Nye, Donal O'Kelly, Bao Phi, Joe Sacco, Najla Said, Mandy Shunnarah, Ahdaf Soueif, Fargo Tbakhi, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, and Naomi Wallace with visual art by Yazan Khalili.
   
Mizna 19.1 The Playing Field
Mizna 19.1 The Playing Field
Summer 2018 Issue with a sports theme. Mizna: The Playing Field is guest edited by Shireen Ahmed and features contributions by Nabil Amra, Melika Belhaj, Romaissaa Benzizoune, Diane DeCillis, Hasan Dudar, Elisabeth Mehl Greene, Robert Farid Karimi, Taous Khazem, Laila Lalami, Junichi P. Semitsu, Mohammed Yabdri, and Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar with visual art by Ala Younis.   
Mizna 18.2
Mizna 18.2
Winter 2017 issue with contributions from George Abraham, Cathy Camper, R.M.E., Mohja Kahf, Ismail Khalidi, Hassan Mekouar, Philip Metres, David Mura, Dina Omar, Michelle Ramadan, Omar Sakr, and Andrea Shaker with visual art from Basel Abbas and Rouanne Abou-Rahme.   
Mizna 18.1 Surviving
Mizna 18.1 Surviving
Summer 2017 issue with the theme surviving. This issue is 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.   
Mizna 17.2 The Environment Issue
Mizna 17.2 The Environment Issue
Winter 2016 issue with an environment theme, this issue is guest edited by Gary Paul Nabhan and features works from Rasha Abdulhadi, Rizwan Akhtar, Suzan Boulad, Tami Mohamed Brown, Sharif Elmusa, Catherine Fletcher, Eman Hassan, Marwa Helal, Farah Kader, Joe Kadi, Dawud Mulla, Naomi Shihab Nye, Hamad Al-Rayes, Nida Sinnokrot, Moheb Soliman, and Kenny Strickland. Visual art by Monira Al Qadiri.   
Mizna 17.1
Mizna 17.1
Summer 2016 issue with contributions from Nagat Ali, Minatullah Amer Alobaidi, Mina Attar, Shebana Coelho, Susan Muaddi Darraj, Dina El Dessouky, Dhuha Dheyya, Suheir Hammad, Shadab Zeest Hashmi, Eman Hassan, Ali Hazzah, Amir Hussain, Jazelle Jajeh, Michael Jewell, Ismail Khalidi, Tammy Lakkis, Jennifer Zeynab Maccani, Zainab Mera, Isa Mohammed, Majid Naficy, Nicole Olweean, Heather H. Thomas, Gina Valdés, Kamelya Youssef, and Paul Zarou. Visual art by and interview with Heba Amin.
   
Mizna 16.2 Intersectionality
Mizna 16.2 Intersectionality
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.    
Mizna 16.1
Mizna 16.1
Summer 2015 issue with contributions from Rasha Abdulhadi, Reem Abu-Baker, Anwar F. Accawi, Hala Alyan, Joyce Aruri, Lauren Camp, Hasan Dudar, Angele Ellis, Hazem Fahmy, Majda Talal Gama, Layla Azmi Goushey, Amjad Hajyassin, Katheryn Kysar, Christina Najla LaRose, Jennifer Zeynab Maccani, Ron Riekki, Mike Rollin, Donya Tag-El-Din, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha. Visual art by Samia Halaby.    
Mizna 15.2 RAWI
Mizna 15.2 RAWI
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.    
Mizna 15.1 Eating the Other
Mizna 15.1 Eating the Other
Summer 2014 issue with 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   
Mizna 14.1
Mizna 14.1
2013 issue with contributions by 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.   
Mizna 13.2
Mizna 13.2
Winter 2012 issue with contributions by Andrea Assaf, Zeina Hashem Beck, Tami Mohamed Brown, Yahya Frederickson, Amir Hussain, Lameece Issaq, Jacob Kader, Lola Koundakjian, Yahia Lababidi, Christina, Najla LaRose, Shahé Mankerian, Philip Metres, Amy Patrick Mossman, Sahar Mustafah, Glenn Shaheen, Nadine Sinno. Visual art by Ismail Al Rifai.   
Mizna 13.1 Literature in Revolution
Mizna 13.1 Literature in Revolution
Summer 2012 issue with a special theme: literature in revolution, guest edited by Mohammed A. Bamyeh. 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.   
Mizna 12.1
Mizna 12.1
2011 issue of Mizna with contributions from Faisal Alahmad, Niebal Atiyeh, Mary Barghout, Susan Muaddi Darraj, D. Daryoush, Benjamin Arda Doty, Yussef El Guindi, David Jalajel, Nahid Khan, Bayan Khatib, Yahia Lababidi, Abdifatah Shafat, Mejdulene Shomali, and Helga Tawil-Souri. Visual art by Oraib Toukan.   
Mizna 11.1 Mahmoud Darwish Memorial Issue
Mizna 11.1 Mahmoud Darwish Memorial Issue
2009 Mahmoud Darwish Memorial Issue. With contributions by Anya Achtenberg, Hannah Lillith Assadi, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán, Richard Broderick, Mahmoud Darwish, May Hawas, Fady Joudah, Taous Claire Khazem, D.H. Melhem, Philip Metres, David Mura, and Gregory Orfalea. Visual art by Walid Raad.   
Mizna 10.1
Mizna 10.1
2008 issue of Mizna with contributions from Niebal Atiyeh, Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil, Yussef El Guindi, Assef Al-Jundi, Robert Caisley, Beverly Monestier, Bashir Makhoul, Gordon Hon, Lorena Duarte, Randy Holland, Mary Barghout, Catherine Coray, Wendy Brown-Baez, Mike Rollin, Nadine Sinno and Charlotte Albrecht.   
Mizna 9.2 Family
Mizna 9.2 Family
Winter 2007 issue of Mizna with a family theme. Contributions from Taous Khazem, Pauline Kaldas, William Nour, Badria Jazairi, Kathryn Kysar, Lisa Adwan, John Asfour, Athir Shayota, R. Abusahan, Weam Namou-Yatooma, Hedy Habra, Laila Halaby, Mary Taddia, Jen March, Marian Haddad, Teresa Whitman, and Layla Dowlatshahi.   MORE >>
Mizna 9.1
Mizna 9.1
Summer 2007 isse with contributions from Cécile Oumhani, Nouri Gana, Philip Metres, Ibrahim N. Abusharif, Yahia Lababidi, Nadine Khalil, Rewa Zeinati Choueiri, D. Daryoush, Sarah Husain, Sophia Michelle Yohannes, Sharif Waked, Sherene Seikaly, 2007 Latitudes Artists, Layla Dowlatshahi, Ismail Khalidi, Taous Khazem and Jen March.   
Mizna 8.2 The Lebanon Issue
Mizna 8.2 The Lebanon Issue
Winter 2006 issue with a Lebanon theme. With contributions from Fouzi Slisli, Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil, Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, John Asfour, Alia Yunis, Junichi P. Semitsu, Tamiko Beyer, David Williams, Rewa Zeinati Choueiri, H. Palmer Hall, Andy Young, Yahia Samir Lababidi, Amy E. Levine, Dima Hilal, Rhonda Wellner Chiodo, Mary Tabakow, William Nour, Faye George, Ahmed Tharwat, Claire Zoghb and Bushra Rehman. Visual art by Mazen Kerbaj, Zena el-Khalil, Randa Mirza, Jana Traboulsi.   
Mizna 8.1
Mizna 8.1
2006 summer issue with contributions from D. Daryoush, Patricia Sarrafian Ward, Brooke Anthony, Angie Chuang, Amani Elkassabani, Ismail Khalidi, Robert Booras, Philip Metres, R. Abusahan, Brian Cronwall, P.A. Pashibin, Ahmed Ismail Yusuf, Habib Albi, Mazen Halabi, and Sophia Michelle Yohannes. Visual art by Hamdi Attia.   
Mizna 7.1 Comedy and Satire
Mizna 7.1 Comedy and Satire
Summer 2005 issue of Mizna with a theme of comedy and satire. Contributions from William Nour, D.H. Melhem, Bushra Rehman, Ahmed Tharwat, Jennifer Camper, Dean Obeidallah, Samir M. Nassar, Kathryn Haddad, Ibtisam Barakat, Patricia Sarrafian Ward, Rosina Hassoun, Jason Makansi, Santiago Nasar, and Yussef El Guindi. Cover art by Nic Barbeln.   
Mizna 7.2
Mizna 7.2
2005 winter issue of Mizna with contributions from Angele Ellis, Mahmoud Kaabour, Zeina Azzam Seikaly, Amy E. Levine, Kathryn Kysar, Paul Kaidy Barrows, Stephen Ajay, Rasha Salti, Pauline Kaldas, Bashar Azzouz, Bushra Azzouz, Ali Hazzah, Assef Al-Jundi, Hedy Habra, Shahé Mankerian, Tami Mohamed Brown, Rana Abdul-Aziz and Kay Hardy Campbell.   
Mizna 6.2
Mizna 6.2
Winter 2004 issue of Mizna with contributions from R. Abusahan, Bushra Rehman, Laila Lalami, Ismail Khalidi, Mahmoud Kaabour, Barbara Bedway, Anaïs Alexandra Tekerian, D. Daryoush, Mariam Alsharif, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Gregory Orfalea, Shelley Ettinger, Anwar F. Accawi, Manel Saddique, David Williams, Ziana Qaiser-Raza and Alia Yunis. Visual art by Marya Kazoun.   
Mizna 6.1
Mizna 6.1
Summer 2004 issue of Mizna published in memory of Edward Said. Contributions from Najla Said, Nathalie Handal, Junichi P. Semitsu, Ibtisam S. Barakat, John Asfour, Brian Cronwall, Ramzi Moufarej, Myung-Hee Kim, Joanna Kadi, Mohja Kahf, Iron Sheik, Susan Muaddi Darraj, Raúl Gómez Jattin, Laila Shereen, Jennifer Min Hong, Naseer H. Aruri and Paul Barrows. Visual art by AIssa Deebi.   
Mizna 5.2
Mizna 5.2
2003 winter issue with contributions from Sahar Kayyal, Naomi Shihab Nye, Assef Al-Jundi, Yussef El Guindi, Tami Mohamed Brown, Leila Darabi, Raff Ellis, Nadeen Al-Jijakli, Suheir Hammad, Amira Jarmakani, Pauline Kaldas, Morad Fareed, Cathy Camper, Laila Halaby, Sidi Benzahra, Noura Erakat and Joanna Kadi. Visual art by Nida Sinnokrot.   
Mizna 5.1
Mizna 5.1
Summer 2003 issue of Mizna with contributions from Amani Elkassabani, D.H. Melhem, Nasreen Mohamed and Juliana Pegues, Gregory Orfalea, Sachin B. Patel, Stephen Ajay, Evelyn Alsultany, Lamya el-Chidiac, Wade Savitt, Nahid Khan and Ibtisam S. Barakat. Visual art by Zena el-Khalil.   
Mizna 4.2
Mizna 4.2
Winter 2002 issue with contributions from Sidi Cherkawi Benzahra, Jennifer Molina Balbuena, Ghassan Ghraizi, Sura Faraj, Susan Muaddi Darraj, Katherine Glover, Robyne Robison, Nadine Al-jijakli, Ahmed Tharwat, Edward Bok Lee, Deana El-Farouki Dueno, Leah Ida Harris, R. Abusahan, and Angele Ellis. Visual art by Marwan Sahmarani.   
Mizna 4.1
Mizna 4.1
Summer 2002 issue with contributions from Nabila Assaf, David Mura, Hannah Allam, Rasha Ghappour, Rawi Hage, Lisa Suhair Majaj, Ruba Sadi, Marwa Hassoun, Esam Aal, Kathryn Buck, Rae'd Abu-Ghazaleh, Shaw J. Dallal, A.Y. May, Zahie El Kouri, and Sarah Hope Zogby. Visual art by Yasser Aggour.   
Mizna 3.3
Mizna 3.3
Third issue of Mizna 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.   
Mizna 3.2
Mizna 3.2
Second issue of Mizna published in 2001 with contributions from Susan Muaddi, D.H. Melhem, Pamela Nice, Chris Ellery, Eva Elias, Edith Dunn, Ibtisam Barakat, Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil, Rima Najjar Kapitan and Steven Salaita, Kazim Ali, Lubna Warawra, Annemarie Jacir, and Lucien Samaha.    
Mizna 3.1
Mizna 3.1
First issue of Mizna in 2001 with contributions from Kitty Aal, Saladin Ahmed, Sidi Cherkawi Benzahra, Ralph Hajj, Noor Hanna, Nadia Higgins, Ziad Shaker el-Jishi, G.T. Khouri, Alix Kolar, Gary Paul Nabhan, Nigel Parry, Dahlia Petrus, Betty Shamieh, Helga Tawil. Visual art by Rawi Hage.   
Mizna 2.3
Mizna 2.3
Third issue of Mizna published in 2000 with contributions from Zahera Saed, Amani Elkassabani, Mark Hage, Rouane Itani, Stan West, Dunya Mikhail, Lisa Adwan, Kareem Aal, Yussef El Guindi, Graydon Kouri, and Jennifer Camper.   
Mizna 2.2
Mizna 2.2
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.   
Mizna 2.1
Mizna 2.1
First issue of Mizna published in 2000 with contributions from Rawi Hage, Dima Hilal, Ibtisam Barakat, Mark Riad Mikhael, Lorie Haddad, Shareef Riad, Jalaa' Anwar Abdelwahab, Steven Salaita, Edith Dunn, and Hend Al-Mansour.   
Mizna 1.3
Mizna 1.3
Third issue of Mizna published in 1999 with contributions from Mohja Kahf, Elmaz Abinader, Sadida Athuallah, Anna Reckin, Lisa Gizzi, Nasser Yanbeiy, Najib Ghadbian, Susan Bassam Muaddi, Alia Yunis, and Cathy Camper.   
Mizna 1.2
Mizna 1.2
Second issue of Mizna published in 1999 with contributions from Pauline Kaldas, Abd al-Hayy Moore, Naomi Shihab Nye, David Williams, Nahid Khan, Suheir Hammad, Annemarie Jacir, Ziad Shaker el-Jishi, and Fawzia Reda.   
Mizna 1.1
Mizna 1.1
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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