2025-11-05T14:47:27-07:00 2024-12-31 861872153 Studio501 Inc 210 Rustic Lodge W Minneapolis MN 55419 990 2024-01-01 411913423 MIZNA MIZN 6127886920 2446 University Ave W Suite 115 St Paul MN 55114 Lana Salah Barkawi Executive Director 6127886920 2025-10-25 1 1 Mary Cleary P02536450 6122293887 2025-10-19 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Lana Salah Barkawi 2446 University Ave W Suite 115 St Paul MN 55114 322960 0 X mizna.org X 1998 MN MIZNA IS A CRITICAL PLATFORM FOR CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE, ART, FILM, AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING CENTERING THE WORK OF SOUTHWEST ASIAN AND NORTH AFRICAN ARTISTS. FOR TWENTY YEARS, WE HAVE SOUGHT TO REFLECT THE DEPTH AND MULTIPLICITY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO BEING A SPACE FOR ARAB, MUSLIM, AND OTHER ARTISTS FROM THE REGION TO RECLAIM OUR NARRATIVES AND ENGAGE AUDIENCES IN MEANINGFUL AND ARTISTICALLY EXCELLENT ART. 10 10 11 50 0 0 357938 245786 46344 73809 582 3365 0 0 404864 322960 0 0 0 0 234740 296126 0 0 62706 226521 267718 461261 563844 -56397 -240884 652607 449627 10643 49359 641964 400268 MIZNA IS A CRITICAL PLATFORM FOR CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE, ART, FILM, AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING CENTERING THE WORK OF SOUTHWEST ASIAN AND NORTH AFRICAN ARTISTS. FOR TWENTY YEARS, WE HAVE SOUGHT TO REFLECT THE DEPTH AND MULTIPLICITY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO BEING A SPACE FOR ARAB, MUSLIM, AND OTHER ARTISTS FROM THE REGION TO RECLAIM OUR NARRATIVES AND ENGAGE AUDIENCES IN MEANINGFUL AND ARTISTICALLY EXCELLENT ART. 0 0 245695 0 87471 JOURNAL:Mizna: SWANA Lit + Art is an acclaimed biannual print publication with a history of connecting established and emerging authors with an international readership. In 2024, Mizna published the forty-sixth and forty-seventh issues of the literary journal "Mizna: SWANA Literature + Art," featuring 62 contributors. In 2024, the journal reached more than 4000 readers through subscriptions, sales, and library checkouts. In publication since 1999, Mizna remains a rare journal of Arab and Southwest Asian/North African literature. Mizna is a critical space for authors, both emerging and established, in which they have the creative freedom to explore themes and ideas that are real and relevant to them, outside of the cultural assumptions made by the broader American landscape. In 2024, Mizna also continued the online literary platform "Mizna Online." Featuring commissioned poetry, prose, criticism, reviews, and experimental multidisciplinary work, Mizna Online complements our biannual print publication with regular content that is free to read. Work on Mizna Online reflects on the urgent and current realities of the SWANA region and beyond. In 2024, thirty urgent pieces were published on Mizna Online, reaching more than 25,000 readers. 99738 0 34919 FILM PROGRAMS Established in 2003, the Twin Cities Arab Film Festival debuts independent films from more than fifteen Arabic-speaking countries and their diasporas. In 2024, we presented our 18th annual Twin Cities Arab Film Festival with special screenings and programming across the Twin Cities. The weekend included a post-screening discussions with actors and filmmakers and a free outdoor screening under the Third Avenue Bridge. The 2024 festival featured 35 films, more than two-thirds of which were directed by women. An offshoot of the festival, Mizna's Tulsa Arab Film Fest, continued for its fourth year. The Mizna Film Series is a quarterly selection of programs marking our first venture into year-round curated film programming. Our 2024 Mizna Film Series highlighted archival works directed by women. 49550 0 0 EVENTS:Mizna had a robust presence at the AWP 2024 conference and bookfair in Kansas City, Kansas. 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