Monday, February 2, 2026

Recent Pub List

In Print
Available for Purchase

Ask the Night for a Dream: Palestinian Writing from the Diaspora
Edited by: Susan Muaddi Darraj
Anthology, Palestine Writes Press 2024
Palestinian Writes Press Order Link

Heaven Looks Like Us: Palestinian Poetry
Edited by: George Abraham & Noor Hindi
Anthology, Haymarket Books 2025
Haymarket Pre-order Link

Anodyne Magazine
Germany, Volume Three Summer 2024
https://anodynemag.com/vol3/

EL GHOURABAA:A QUEER AND TRANS COLLECTION OF ODDITIES
Edited by: Samia Marshy and Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch
Metonymy Press 2024
Catalyst Literary Arts Journal
New Zealand, December 2024
https://catalystnz.blogspot.com/

Yellow Medicine Review: A Journal of Indigenous Literature, Art and Thought
Poetry, Visual Poetics, and Flash Nonfiction Included, Fall 2024
http://www.yellowmedicinereviewstore.com/

Magma
France, November 2024
https://magmapoetry.com/

Rabbit Poetry
Australia, Autumn 2024
https://rabbitpoetry.com/


Art & Poetry
Available Online Now

Support SWANA creators...click on my work and then stay to explore more. 

Return to Roots: Writing Toward Land
The Dodge: A special teaching issue on Palestine and the Global Indigenous Struggle.
Visual Art with customized curriculum.
Print edition: May 2026
Radical Catalyst Journal
Resisting Authoritarian Issue
My work is on page 12 of the July 2025 issue.
https://radicalcatalystjournal.org/issue1_1.html

Tendrils Literary Journal
A print publication as well as a highly competitive and curated online journal, has published visual poetics that questions...what happens to us when we can no longer hear the whispers of the poppies? The artwork in the poem is vividly stunning and references trauma, tears, and sumud.
Link to my work in the issue:
https://www.tendrilsjournal.com/issue1-trauma-and-the-body#whispers

Ultramarine Literary Review
My artwork in a beautiful Chilean magazine. Title: “Last Flight Home.” The artwork speaks to the global loss of life in Queer/Trans communities. Most of us surviving without basic human rights.
https://www.ultramarinereview.com/art-and-photography?pgid=m49781cs-29f9a094-8cc5-4693-a4c4-4b56e2409945

Chapter House Indigenous Literary Journal
Visual Poetics
https://chjournal.com/micaela-raen

Koukash Review


Global Genocides & Health Catastrophes
With violent genocides and forced starvation affecting so many communities, we are called to witness and to take action. 


HALA Collective Blog 2024 "A Time of Enduring"
https://www.thehalacollective.com/blog/time-of-enduring-a-letter-to-my-hala-collective


The Olive Tree - Soon to be re-released as a zine.
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

Poem: Genocide      Poem: Atrocious     
Artwork: Tatreez Armor Breast Plate
@theolivetreeeditorial

Writers Resist
Artwork "Death Equals Silence" and Artist Statement
2024, Issue Three
https://www.writersresist.com/2024/06/19/death-equals-silence/

Coming Soon

The Poetry of Arab Women: 
A Contemporary Anthology
25th Anniversary Edition
Interlink Publishing
Poetry
Pending 2026

Homosexual Intifada
Interlink Publishing
Visual Poetics
Pending May 2026

Black Warrior Review
Visual Poetics
Pending Spring 2026

Olive Tree Editorial Zine
Poetry and Visual Art
Pending 2026

Sinister Wisdom (Issue)
SWANA Dykes Issue - Cover Art
Pending 2027

Sinister Wisdom (Trade Book)
SWANA Dykes Issue - Cover Art
Pending 2027

Act UP! Beyond New York 
Haymarket Books
Memoir Essay
(Anthology) 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. With visual artwork showcased by Black Warrior Review, Sinister Wisdom, FananaMke, Resistance at A.R.T./New York, and Protea Gallery in Los Angeles.

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Web Site: https://micaelakaibniraen.blogspot.com/
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/micaelakaibniraen
IG: @micaelakaibniraen

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