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Mekiya Outini’s short story “Baptism by Earth” won the 55th New Millennium Award in Fiction. Editor in Chief Alexis Williams described the story in these words:

“At heart a love story, Outini’s brilliant work explores identity, rebirth, environmental collapse and metamorphosis, and indeed the very notion of what it means to be a human thing.”

Toby Usnik interviewed the Outinis on The Caring Economy Podcast, featuring dynamic conversations with leaders and entrepreneurs striving to build a more diverse and inclusive corporate landscape.

The prestigious Steinbeck Fellowship has been awarded to Itto and Mekiya Outini to finalize Itto’s memoir, Blindness is the Light of My Life, during the 2023-4 academic year and prepare it for publication.

Itto shared her story with Jo Fidgen of BBC Outlook: Lives Less Ordinary, discussing how she was blinded by a family member, survived for six years on the streets of Morocco, and became a Fulbright scholar.