{"id":4171,"date":"2021-04-21T14:56:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T18:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/?p=4171"},"modified":"2021-06-03T01:19:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T05:19:37","slug":"rana-tahir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/rana-tahir\/","title":{"rendered":"Rana Tahir"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11301 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9850-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9850-2-1.jpg 214w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9850-2-2.jpg 731w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9850-2-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9850-2-4.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9850-2-5.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_9850-2-6.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><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\u00a0<i>Print Oriented Bastards<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Fresh Literary Magazine<\/i>, and\u00a0<i>Catch<\/i>\u00a0among 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\">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\">Choose Your Own Adventure Spies!: Noor Inayat Khan, ChooseCo LLC (2020)<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11302\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11302\" style=\"width: 899px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11302 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Asrar.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Asrar-1.png 899w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Asrar-2.png 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Asrar-3.png 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Asrar.png?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Asrar-4.png 265w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Asrar-5.png 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Asrar-6.png 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Asrar&#8221; Oil on Canvas, 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 id=\"attachment_11303\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11303\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11303 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crossings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crossings-1.png 878w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crossings-2.png 257w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crossings-3.png 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crossings-4.png 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crossings-5.png 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crossings-6.png 360w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Crossings-7.png 1309w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Crossings&#8221; Oil on Canvas, 16 x 24 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11304\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11304\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11304 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bukhoor.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bukhoor-1.png 773w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bukhoor-2.png 227w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bukhoor-3.png 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bukhoor-4.png 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bukhoor-5.png 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bukhoor-6.png 317w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bukhoor-7.png 1083w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Bukhoor&#8221; 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\u00a0Print Oriented Bastards,\u00a0Fresh Literary Magazine, and\u00a0Catch\u00a0among 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":1,"featured_media":844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wybcxlogoforweb-big-1sq-e1491800568261.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4171"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4203,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171\/revisions\/4203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}