Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel (she/they) is a Chicago-based dramaturg, journalist and oral historian. Their multi-disciplinary work as a queer, fat, Iranian-American femme endeavors to amplify and archive stories that go lost, stolen and forgotten. Follow them @yasminzacaria.
Culture
Cultural Preservation as Resistance
A tribute concert for the late Lebanese artist Ziad Rahbani celebrates SWANA creativity and liberation.
Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel
Culture
Chicago Embraces The Pillowman
With this year marking the 10th anniversary of Chicago’s Reparations Ordinance, longtime friends bring a cautionary tale to the stage.
Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel
ViewpointPalestine
A SWANA Space to Exist
As we pass one year of genocide, Salon Kawakib will not be silenced and we will celebrate our own anniversary: two years of cultural organizing and building community in Chicago.
Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel