Organizations Filed Purposes:
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.
JOURNAL: IN 2019, MIZNA PUBLISHED THE 37TH ISSUE OF THE LITERARY JOURNAL "MIZNA: PROSE, POETRY, AND ART EXPLORING ARAB AMERICA," FEATURING VISUAL ARTIST AND 25 AUTHORS. IN PUBLICATION SINCE 1999, "MIZNA" REMAINS THE ONLY JOURNAL OF ARAB AMERICAN LITERATURE. MIZNA IS A PRECIOUS SPACE FOR AUTHORS, WHO ARE BOTH EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED, IN WHICH THEY ARE NOT CONFINED BY WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO MEAN TO BE ARAB AS DEFINED BY DOMINANT CULTURE, RATHER, THROUGH "MIZNA," AUTHORS HAVE THE CREATIVE FREEDOM TO EXPLORE THEMES THAT ARE REAL AND RELEVANT TO THEM, WHETHER THEY ARE IDENTITY BASED OR NOT. ALSO, READERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE EXCELLENT WRITING FROM ARAB AUTHORS TELLING THEIR OWN THREE-DIMENSIONAL STORIES. THROUGH THIS EFFORT, MIZNA REACHES ABOUT 2,000 PEOPLE. FILM FESTIVAL: THE FOURTHEENTH TWIN CITIES ARAB FILM FESTIVAL TOOK PLACE SEPTEMBER 26 TO 29, 2019. THE TCAFF IS THE LARGEST AND LONGEST RUNNING ARAB FILM FESTIVAL IN THE MIDWEST. THE ARAB FILM FEST HAS HIGH STANDARDS OF PRESENTING LOCAL DEBUT SCREENINGS, SHOWCASING INDEPENDENT FILM, AND INVITING FILMMAKERS. OVER 4 DAYS, THE TCAFF SCREENED 30 FILMS AND PROVIDED ARAB AND MUSLIM AMERICANS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AUTHENTIC FACETS OF THEIR STORIES REFLECTED ON SCREEN, SOMETHING NOT AVAILABLE THROUGH MAINSTREAM MOVIES AND MEDIA. FURTHER, THROUGH THE TCAFF, MIZNA IS ABLE TO BRING FILMS THAT OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SEEN BY TWIN CITIES AUDIENCES AND TO STRENGTHEN THE GLOBAL AND LOCAL COMMUNITY OF ARAB FILM ARTISTS. THE TCAFF ATTRACTED 1500 AUDIENCE MEMBERS IN 2019. CLASSES AND SPECIAL EVENTS: MIZNA CONTINUED TO OFFER HIGH QUALITY, AFFORDABLE ARABIC LANGUAGE AND ARABIC DRUMMING COMMUNITY EDUCATION COURSES IN 2019. THE 10-WEEK COURSES ARE TAUGHT BY EXPERIENCED INSTRUCTORS AT THE FIVE LANGUAGE LEVELS AND 2 LEVELS OF CONVERSATION CLASSES. IN 2019, BESIDES THE JOURNAL, THE FILM FESTIVAL, AND CLASSES, MIZNA ALSO PRESENTED A MAJOR VISUAL EXHIBITION, "HISTORY IS NOT HERE: ART AND THE ARAB IMAGINERY" IN COLLABORATION WITH MINNESOTA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART. MIZNA ALSO PARTNERED WITH SOO VISUAL ART CENTER TO PRESENT A JURIED EXHIBITION, "LET THERE BE SPACES IN YOUR TOGETHERNESS." MIZNA PRESENTED A NUMBER OF POETRY READINGS AND LITERARY EVENTS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Lana Salah Barkawi | EXECUTIVE & ARTISTIC DIREC | 32 | $37,216 |
| Rasha Sharif Ahmad | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Jna Shelomith | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Phaviny Salem | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| Rabi'H Nahas | CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
| Dipankar Mukherjee | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Nahid Khan | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Ziad Amra | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Abir Abukhadra | VICE CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
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