Tectonic (Queer Tatreez)

Micaela Kaibni Raen

Micaela Kaibni Raen is a queer Palestinian mother from the Little Arabia community in California on Turtle Island. She has been recognized by the Lesbian Herstory Archives in New York and is the creator of Queer Tatreez, a style of visual poetics inspired by Indigenous Palestinian embroidery. A Tin House Alum, her work is featured in Bint el Nas, Mizna, Yellow Medicine Review, EPOCH, The Poetry of Arab Women, Ask the Night for a Dream, and Heaven Looks Like Us. With visual artwork showcased by Lavender Rising, Black Warrior Review, Sinister Wisdom, A.R.T./New York, and Protea Gallery.