Mirushe "Mira" Zylali

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Mirushe "Mira" Zylali (she/her) is a writer and maker who roots herself in Mizrahi and Balkan Muslim feminisms, musical traditions, and arts. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Religion and Studio Art from Mount Holyoke College in May of 2021. Her love for the global mosaic of Jewish and Muslim peoples knows no bounds, informing her work and future hopes for a just world. Mira is part of the Jewish Media Fellowship through New Voices Magazine.

Blog Posts

Sabina Vajraca and a poster from Sevap/Mitzvah

March 26, 2024

Q & A with Sabina Vajraca about her New Film, "Sevap/Mitzvah"

Mirushe "Mira" Zylali

JWA chats with Sabina Vajraca about her new film Sevap/Mitzvah, inspired by a remarkable true story of female friendship and our common humanity.

Topics: World War II, Israel, Palestine, Film

Album cover showing two faces and the words Monajat: Galeet Dardashti featuring Younes Dardashti

October 17, 2023

7 Questions For Galeet Dardashti

Mirushe "Mira" Zylali

JWA talks to Dr. Galeet Dardashti, cultural anthropologist and singer, about her new album Monajat.

Topics: Jewish Music, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Prayer, Cantors

Flowers of Vlora by Anna Kohen

August 15, 2023

"Flower of Vlora": A Memoir of Romaniote Jewish Experience

Mirushe "Mira" Zylali

Kohen fights for her right to flourish in the wake of Albania’s historic antisemitism and the misogyny she faces as a career woman. She is fearless—and she will inspire more Jewish women to be just that.

Hebrew letters on a dark background

February 14, 2023

Turning Toward Myself and My ADHD

Mirushe "Mira" Zylali

I'm inspired by friends who are open about their disabilities, and by Sephardi and Mizrahi musicians who delight in playing with sound.

Topics: Disability Rights

The founders of Call.Activit

April 21, 2022

Using Their Voices to Share Experiences and Combat Racism in Israel

Mirushe "Mira" Zylali

Call.Activit’s founders hope the movement will help Ethiopian Israelis name their feelings and take control of their narratives.

Topics: Civil Rights, Israel, Journalism

Asude Kalebek as Rasel in Kulup

January 20, 2022

Missed Kulüp When It Came Out? You Can Now Binge the Whole Delicious Series.

Mirushe "Mira" Zylali

The show depicts Sephardic women in all their messy complexity. But when it comes to Turkey’s oppressed minorities, it could dig deeper.

Topics: Television, Jewish History

Israelis protest rising housing prices in 2011

December 14, 2021

This Digital Archive Will Be a Road Map for Activists

Mirushe "Mira" Zylali

As they scour the archive, activists will see they’re not alone.

Topics: Protests, Israel

Photo of Mirushe Zylali in her handmade entari

October 11, 2021

Reinventing Fashion: What’s Old Is New Again

Mirushe "Mira" Zylali

Fashioning my own dress in a traditional Ottoman style helped me reclaim my multilayered roots.

Topics: Fashion and Beauty, Jewish History

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Mirushe "Mira" Zylali." (Viewed on November 21, 2024) <https://jwa.org/blog/author/zylali-mirushe>.