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Journals/Magazines
Lavender RisingCover Art & Interior Visual Art
Pending Summer 2026
Pending Summer 2026
Black Warrior Review
Visual Poetics
Pending Summer 2026
Visual Poetics
Pending Summer 2026
EPOCH
Visual Poetics
Pending Summer 2026
Pending Summer 2026
Sinister Wisdom (SWANA Dykes Issue)
Cover Art, Artist Statement with Poetry
Pending Autumn 2026
Cover Art, Artist Statement with Poetry
Pending Autumn 2026
Anthology Inclusions
SWANA Dykes
Sinister Wisdom Trade Book
Cover Art & Artist StatementPREORDERS @
https://bookshop.org/p/books/swana-dykes-khadija-pitts-ceesay/fd5be70233537c55?ean=9781970841008&next=t
Pending Autumn 2026
The Poetry of Arab Women:A Contemporary Anthology25th Anniversary EditionInterlink PublishingPoetryPending 2026
Homosexual IntifadaInterlink Publishing
Visual PoeticsOlive Tree Editorial Zine
Trade Book EditionPoetry and Visual Art
Pending 2027
ACT UP! Beyond New YorkHaymarket BooksMemoir EssayPending 2027
More exciting announcements coming soon!
Micaela Kaibni Raen is a queer Palestinian American mother from the Little Arabia community in California. She has been recognized by the Lesbian Herstory Archives for her activism and is the creator of Queer Tatreez, a style of visual art and poetics inspired by Indigenous Palestinian embroidery. A Tin House Alum, her work is featured in Bint el Nas; Mizna; The Poetry of Arab Women; Yellow Medicine Review; Heaven Looks Like Us; and Homosexual Intifada. Her visual artwork has been showcased by Black Warrior Review, Sinister Wisdom, Lavender Rising, Fanana MKE, Resistance at A.R.T./New York, and Protea Gallery in Los Angeles.
The Poetry of Arab Women:
A Contemporary Anthology
25th Anniversary Edition
Interlink Publishing
Poetry
Pending 2026
Homosexual Intifada
Interlink Publishing
Visual Poetics
Visual Poetics
Olive Tree Editorial Zine
Trade Book Edition
Trade Book Edition
Poetry and Visual Art
Pending 2027
Pending 2027
ACT UP! Beyond New York
Haymarket Books
Memoir Essay
Pending 2027
More exciting announcements coming soon!
Micaela Kaibni Raen is a queer Palestinian American mother from the Little Arabia community in California. She has been recognized by the Lesbian Herstory Archives for her activism and is the creator of Queer Tatreez, a style of visual art and poetics inspired by Indigenous Palestinian embroidery. A Tin House Alum, her work is featured in Bint el Nas; Mizna; The Poetry of Arab Women; Yellow Medicine Review; Heaven Looks Like Us; and Homosexual Intifada. Her visual artwork has been showcased by Black Warrior Review, Sinister Wisdom, Lavender Rising, Fanana MKE, Resistance at A.R.T./New York, and Protea Gallery in Los Angeles.
Socials:
Site: https://micaelakaibniraen.blogspot.com/
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/micaelakaibniraen
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/micaelakaibniraen/
Socials:
Site: https://micaelakaibniraen.blogspot.com/
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/micaelakaibniraen
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/micaelakaibniraen/
Site: https://micaelakaibniraen.blogspot.com/
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/micaelakaibniraen
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/micaelakaibniraen/
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