{"id":15774,"date":"2021-04-21T18:56:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T18:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/rana-tahir\/"},"modified":"2021-04-21T19:15:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T19:15:10","slug":"rana-tahir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/rana-tahir\/","title":{"rendered":"Rana Tahir"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11301 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9850-2-214x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9850-2-214x300-1.jpg 214w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9850-2-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9850-2-768x1076.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9850-2-696x975.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9850-2-300x420.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9850-2.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rana-tahir.com\/\">Rana Tahir<\/a> is a poet, artist, and educator living in Portland, OR. She earned her MFA from Pacific University and is a Kundiman Fellow. Her work has previously appeared in&nbsp;<i>Print Oriented Bastards<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>Fresh Literary Magazine<\/i>, and&nbsp;<i>Catch<\/i>&nbsp;among others.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Books mentioned in the interview:<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/cavendishsq.com\/title\/Countee-Cullen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Artists of the Harlem Renaissance: Countee Cullen, Cavendish Square Publishing (2016)<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyoa.com\/products\/choose-your-own-adventure-spies-noor-inayat-khan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Choose Your Own Adventure Spies!: Noor Inayat Khan, ChooseCo LLC (2020)<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11302\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11302 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Asrar-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"899\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Asrar-1.png 899w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Asrar-300x224-1.png 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Asrar-768x574-1.png 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Asrar-80x60.png 80w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Asrar-265x198.png 265w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Asrar-696x520.png 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Asrar-562x420.png 562w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">&ldquo;Asrar&rdquo; Oil on Canvase, 24 x 16 inches (This painting is inspired by and named after the Kuwaiti resistance member Asrar al-Qabandi. The Kuwaiti flag is painted upside down, a symbol for distress.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11303\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11303 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crossings-878x1024-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crossings-878x1024-1.png 878w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crossings-257x300.png 257w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crossings-768x896.png 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crossings-696x812.png 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crossings-1068x1246.png 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crossings-360x420.png 360w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crossings.png 1309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">&ldquo;Crossings&rdquo; Oil on Canvas, 16 x 24 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11304\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11304 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bukhoor-773x1024-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bukhoor-773x1024-1.png 773w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bukhoor-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bukhoor-768x1017.png 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bukhoor-696x922.png 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bukhoor-1068x1414.png 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bukhoor-317x420.png 317w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bukhoor.png 1083w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">&ldquo;Bukhoor&rdquo; Oil on Canvas, 10 x 5 ft. (This is the painting we talked about. Bukhoor is a type of incense made from wood chips soaked in oil, it is a staple in households in the middle east. Bukhoor is also the name of the manuscript of these Gulf War poems.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rana Tahir is a poet, artist, and educator living in Portland, OR. She earned her MFA from Pacific University and is a Kundiman Fellow. Her work has previously appeared in&nbsp;Print Oriented Bastards,&nbsp;Fresh Literary Magazine, and&nbsp;Catch&nbsp;among others. Books mentioned in the interview: Artists of the Harlem Renaissance: Countee Cullen, Cavendish Square Publishing (2016) Choose Your Own [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15774","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-interview","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15774"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15807,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15774\/revisions\/15807"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}