The summer 2020 issue of Mizna is guest edited by Zeyn Joukhadar and speaks to bodily autonomy, embodiment, and self-determination within a queer, transgender, SWANA, and Muslim lens. Mizna: Queer + Trans Voices bears witness to our rich history, and imagines futures for ourselves.

The winter 2020 issue of Mizna is guest edited by Palestinian graphic novelist Leila Abdelrazaq and addresses prompt of A New World Order. These days, it seems as though revolutionary changes are happening daily.

Mizna is a critical platform for contemporary SWANA literature, film, art, and cultural production centering the work of Arab and Southwest Asian and North African artists. For more than twenty years, we have been creating a decolonized cultural space to reflect the expansiveness of our community and to foster exchange, examine ideas, and engage audiences in meaningful art.

The winter 2021 issue of Mizna, guest-edited by Tarik Dobbs, challenges conventional forms, language, and ideas within literary processes and traditions.

Mizna: The Black SWANA Issue, guest-edited by Safia Elhillo and produced by an all-Black takeover team, explores the infinitely varied and kaleidoscopic nature of the Black SWANA experience.

The Summer 2023 explores themes of myth, memory, and folklore. Featuring Rasha Abdulhadi, Abdulkareem Abdulkareem, Lydia Abedeen, leena aboutaleb, Nyree Abrahamian, Maya Abu-AlHayyat, Yasmine Ameli, Aida Bardissi, Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan,