Return to Roots: Writing Toward Land

 

The Dodge: 

A Special Teaching Issue on 

Palestine and the Global Indigenous Struggle.

Link to Issue:

https://thedodgemag.com/

I created a teaching curriculum focused on my artwork, “Rafah (Queer Tatreez).” I’m so honored to be included with such amazing creators like Naomi Shihab Nye, Philip Metres, Mandy Shunnarah, Sahar Mustafa, Yahya Ashour, and many more.

Please Design a Kite

for the Children of Palestine

https://thedodgemag.com/return-to-roots/rafah-queer-tatreez/

Please download my free coloring page

and create a kite for the children of Palestine.

Then post your creation on IG and tag:

@thedodgemag

&

@micaelakaibniraen

Print issues of The Dodge will be available May 2026.

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Pending Pubs

Coming Soon!

Anthologies

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

Olive Tree Editorial Zine
Poetry and Visual Art
Pending 2026

Sinister Wisdom (SWANA Dykes Trade Book)
SWANA Dykes Issue 

Cover Art & Artist Statement
Pending 2026

Act UP! Beyond New York
Haymarket Books
Memoir Essay
Pending 2027
 
Journals/Magazines

Black Warrior Review
Visual Poetics
Pending Spring 2026

Sinister Wisdom (SWANA Dykes Issue)
Cover Art & Artist Statement
Pending 2026

More exciting announcements coming soon!

To commission or solicit artwork for curation, please contact the artist via the online form provided on this page.

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.

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

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