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Micaela Kaibni Raen is a Palestinian American creator, cultural worker,
queer femme-dyke, mother, and global Queer/Trans rights activist.
She grew up in the Little Arabia community in California. During that time,
she participated in the Radius of Arab American Writers, Inc., ACT UP!,
and Queer Nation. She is most known for Queer Tatreez, a style of visual art
and poetics inspired by Indigenous Palestinian Tatreez embroidery.
Her artwork appears in Writer’s Resist, Bombay Gin Literary Journal,
Yellow Medicine Review: A Journal of Indigenous Literature, Art & Thought;
The Olive Tree, Sinister Wisdom, and Heaven Looks Like Us.
Her artwork appears in Writer’s Resist, Bombay Gin Literary Journal,
Yellow Medicine Review: A Journal of Indigenous Literature, Art & Thought;
The Olive Tree, Sinister Wisdom, and Heaven Looks Like Us.
Links to Artwork
Available Online
Chapter House Indigenous Literary Journal
Visual Poetics
Visual Poetics
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:
Click here for online anthology link.
Writers Resist
Artwork: "Death Equals Silence" and Artist Statement
2024, Issue Three
Published Artwork
& Visual Poetics
Available for Purchase
Bombay Gin Literary Journal
Naropa University, Autumn 2024
A Journal of Indigenous Literature, Art and Thought
Poetry, Visual Poetics, and Flash Nonfiction Included, Fall 2024
http://www.yellowmedicinereviewstore.com/
Coming Soon
Pre-Order Available:
Heaven Looks Like Us
Palestinian Poetry
Edited by: George Abraham & Noor Hindi
Anthology, Haymart Books 2025
Pending:
Sinister Wisdom
SWANA Dykes Issue - Cover Art
Pending Summer 2025
More exciting announcements coming soon!
