"Our grandmothers' tears of Tatreez live on through us. Tatreez will always hold hope, tears and sumud...our cultural inheritance. Their gift to us for the enduring. We are more than fierce grief...we are ancestral indigeneities in human form dreamed into being by our ancestors. We are strength, poetry, art, magic and so much more. We were formed by dreams, sand and stardust but we are shaped by love. We can keep going through this time. We can and will endure." -- Micaela Kaibni Raen
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Anodyne Magazine
EL GHOURABAA:
A QUEER AND TRANS COLLECTION OF ODDITIES
Bombay Gin Literary JournalNaropa University, Autumn 2024
Catalyst New ZealandThe international launch will be held at the43 World Congress of Poets, 8-13 December, in Taiwan.December 2024
Art & PoetryAvailable Online Now
Qafiyah Review
Issue #2 March 2023
Poem: On the Night of Invasion *Yalda Award Winner* & Nominated for "Best of the Net" Award 2024
Issue #2 March 2023
Global Genocides& Health Catastrophes
The multiple genocides and populations facing violence and starvation has been unbearable to witness and is our call to action. We must all find out place in the struggle for justice and human rights. We will mourn, more than ever before, shedding tears for Palestine, Lebanon, Congo, Sudan, Haiti, Syria, and so many more areas with people struggling to survive disease, starvation and violent attacks. Many are planning protests, performances, teach-ins, letter/email/phone campaigns, community outreach, and more. As we move forward, here is my prayer… https://www.thehalacollective.com/blog/time-of-enduring-a-letter-to-my-hala-collective
I post event announcements on IG. In addition, I continue to create and donate, perform, teach and more. So, follow me... @micaelakaibniraen Please find ways to participate for justice so we can stop the violence.
https://www.thehalacollective.com/blog/time-of-enduring-a-letter-to-my-hala-collective
I post event announcements on IG. In addition, I continue to create and donate, perform, teach and more. So, follow me... @micaelakaibniraen Please find ways to participate for justice so we can stop the violence.
The Olive Tree
** PLEASE SHARE ** The Olive Tree: An international collection of art protesting the ongoing genocide of Palestinians is now available online. Proud to be a part of this beautiful collection of creative work. It will break your heart and give you hope. It is a deeply spiritual search for justice and a sacred honoring of the Palestinian people through art and literature. Thank you students for your activism. #studentintifada
Where my work is located:
Pg 21 Poem: Genocide
Pg 70 Poem: Atrocious
Pg 72 Artwork: Tatreez Armor Breast Plate
@theolivetreeeditorial
Link to the Olive Tree Anthology:
Noor MagazineLink to Inaugural Issue:Direct Link to Poem:
Writers Resist** PLEASE SHARE ** The Olive Tree: An international collection of art protesting the ongoing genocide of Palestinians is now available online. Proud to be a part of this beautiful collection of creative work. It will break your heart and give you hope. It is a deeply spiritual search for justice and a sacred honoring of the Palestinian people through art and literature. Thank you students for your activism. #studentintifada
Where my work is located:
Pg 21 Poem: Genocide
Pg 70 Poem: Atrocious
Pg 72 Artwork: Tatreez Armor Breast Plate
@theolivetreeeditorial
Artwork "Death Equals Silence" and Artist Statement
Link to Issue Three:
https://www.writersresist.com/2024/06/19/welcome-to-writers-resist-the-summer-2024-issue/
Direct Link to Artwork:
https://www.writersresist.com/2024/06/19/death-equals-silence/
Koukash Review
Rowayat Literary Journal
Performances Available Online:
Poetry Reading and PresentationSWANA Regional Radio - Podcast on SpotifyOriginally aired on KPFK Los Angeles, NPR on January 7, 2023
Poetry Reading and Presentation on December 10, 2023“Who Remembers?”: Armenian-Palestinian Solidarities: A Reading on YouTube
Pending Publication
Visual Poetics:
Yellow Medicine ReviewA Journal of Indigenous Literature, Art and ThoughtFall 2024
Heaven Looks Like UsPalestinian Global Anglophone Poetry Anthology
More exciting announcements coming soon!
For a full list of publications, click on the "Publications" tab at the top.