Micaela Kaibni Raen

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 and graduated from Chapman University. 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. She has been awarded the Yalda Award for Poetry as well as nominations for The Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Her work appears in Bint el Nas; Mizna; Qafiyah Review; Chapter House; Yellow Medicine Review; The Poetry of Arab Women; El Ghourabaa; Ask the Night for a Dream; and Heaven Looks Like Us. Socials: Web Site: https://micaelakaibniraen.blogspot.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/micaelakaibniraen/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/micaelakaibniraen IG: @micaelakaibniraen