Mizna in the Media
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September 2006
"Common Ground {Syria, Somalia, and Soccer: The Arab World, As Seen from the East Bank}"
The Rake September 2006
March/April 2005
"Of Stories and Storytellers"
Saudi Aramco World March/April 2005
October 2004
Co-founder of first U.S.
Arab-American literary magazine receives international recognition
Alumni Success Stories, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, October 7,
2004
A Coon Rapids High School graduate has received international
recognition for her role in launching the first Arab-American literary
magazine in the United States.
Peter Bodley, Coon Rapids Herald, October 7, 2004
September 2004
Those
People Are Us, Mizna's Arab Film Fest at Intermedia Arts brings the
other home
Dylan Hicks, City Pages, September 22, 2004
Letters from the Diaspora
"Whenever Kathryn Haddad browsed through journals of multicultural literature,
she noticed that Arab-Americans were never represented. Determined to fill
this void, the high school English teacher set out to create a literary
outlet for Arab-Americans, similar to those of other ethnicities in America."
Anayat Durrani, Woman This Month (affiliated with Bahrain This Month),
September 2004
August 2004
Review
of Journal: Volume 5 Issue 2
Because nothing ruins art like an admirable cause, I was initially wary
of Mizna, "a forum promoting Arab American culture that values diversity
in the Arab community." To my delight, however, the journal succeeds at
a literary level, with an unusual and exhilarating variety of tone – grave,
plucky, analytical and sanguine.
The NewPages Literary Magazine Stand, August 2, 2004
June 2004
Theater Review:
The Other Side of a Story
"With Love From Ramallah" showed at the Mixed Blood Theater, produced by
Mizna, an Arab American forum.
Dean J. Seal, nmartists.org, June 19, 2004.
Audio
Archives: Backstage Pass with Karl Gehrke
Illusion Theater's production of "Vanishing Point", "With Love from Ramallah"
at Mixed Blood Theatre and North Star Opera's "The Chocolate Soldier".
Classical 89.3, June 10, 2004.
Review: Tale
of two West Banks has deep message
"With Love From Ramallah" opens with a recitation of stereotypes about Arabs.
From Scheherazade to Lawrence of Arabia to a fundamentalist terrorist, the
images conjured by the actors vividly set the scene for this intense and
poetic exploration of the experience of Arabism in America and Palestine.
Star Tribune, June 8, 2004.
Arab-Americans
star in tale of two West Banks
Ayman Balshe had never even seen a play before his first audition, but that's
not stopping him from performing a leading role in "With Love From Ramallah," opening at Mixed Blood Theatre tonight. Balshe, in his final year of dental
school at the University of Minnesota, is among a cast of 14 mostly Arab-American,
mostly inexperienced actors who have committed hundreds of hours to a project
they hope will help change attitudes while it entertains.
Star Tribune, June 4, 2004.
March 2004
Arab ambassadors: Simon Shaheen and Salamat work to spread Arabic music
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Star Tribune, March 12, 2004.
September 2003
The week in music: Critics' picks for Sept. 19-25
'While other rappers search for something to rap about besides guns and
bling-bling, Palestinian-American Iron Sheik seemingly could go on forever
attacking Muslim stereotypes and pushing for better understanding of his
people. The California-based MC performs as part of the Loft's "Equilibrium" series with Filipino spoken-word artist Golda Sargento and Chicago poet
Paul S. Flores. (8 p.m. Sat., the Loft Open Book, 1011 Washington Av. S.,
Mpls. $5. 612-215-2575.) (C.R.)'
Star Tribune, September 19, 2003.
April 2003
New generation of Arab filmmakers probes cross-cultural tensions Directors
rooted in U.S. and Europe are drawing wide attention.
San Francisco Chronicle, Tuesday, April 15, 2003
March 2003
Stereotyping
of arabs in the media
A scholar who studies the image of Arab people in mass media discusses the
stereotyping of Arabs. Guests: Jack Shaheen, a longtime professer and media
critic. He is the author of several books including Arab and Muslim Stereotyping
in American Popular Culture.
Minnesota Public Radio March 26, 2003.
Arabs
speak through film; war casts shadow over Minneapolis fest.
Star Tribune March 26, 2003.
Mid-East
Summit In Midwest: Minnesota's first Arab film festival speaks louder than
CNN.
City Pages March 26, 2003
November 2002
"A Doorway into Arab America"
Minnesota Women's Press. (link unavailable)
"Mizna nominated
for the 2002 Utne Independent Press Award",
Utne, the nation's leading magazine of alternative ideas.
October 2002
"Fearful
Verses: Arab and Muslim artists face hostility with poetry",
Star Tribune Oct. 31, 2002
"An
Interview with Kathryn Haddad," ARISE! Archives-Winter 2001-02
"Fearful
Verses: Trapped Between Bush and Bin Laden,"
Asian American Press
"Magazines
that make sense of the Middle East,"
Utne Reader
September 8, 2002
"Arab-American
Artists Respond to September 11," National Public Radio
March 22, 2002
"Arabs, Muslims present art
without borders,"
Minneapolis Star Tribune
January 24, 2002
"Northeast Literary Journal Explores Arab America,"
Northeaster
January 21, 2002
"Arab-Americans find a liberating
voice in 'the cloud of the desert,'"
Lebanon Daily Star
January 2002
Southeast Angle
December 7, 2001
Mizna was featured in the Buzz section of the local Channel
9 News.
December 2001
Minnesota
Public Radio
October 2001
Southside
Pride
October 2001
Art: ABC Newspapers
September/October 2001
"Arab
in America,
" Minnesota Magazine
June 2001
Review of Mizna appeared in the Multicultural Review
September 2000
Ivri-NASAWI:
New Association of Sephardi/Mizrahi Artists & Writers International
January/February 2000
"Arab-American
Activism. Arab-American Writers’ Conference Held in Chicago"
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
February 2000
"Children
of Al-Mahjar: Arab American literature spans a century,"
U.S. Society and Values
November 1999
"Out
of the Desert,"
City Pages
Summer 1999
Newsletter of the National Coalition of Education Activists