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Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel (she/they) is a Chicago-based dramaturg, journalist and oral historian. Their multi-disciplinary work as a queer, fat, brown, femme endeavors to amplify and archive stories that go lost/stolen/forgotten. Follow them @yasminzacaria.
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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