Portrait of the artist standing against a brick wall.

Rana Ransom

Participant
2020, 2021
Work Included in Care Package
Identity traits
SWANA

Growing up in Southwest Virginia, as the child of Arab immigrants, Rana Ransom got involved in the local punk music scene by attending basement shows. Needless to say, she knows what it feels like to be the only person in the room who looks like her. Maybe that’s why she has been so successful at building a community for people who rarely feel seen, let alone welcome. While she founded YallaPunk in 2017 as a festival to combat negative portrayals of North African and Middle Eastern people, she has grown it into a much-needed local community with a global impact. 

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Between two yellow walls there is a living room setup consisting of a white coffee table situated on a dark grey rug and surrounded by red beanbag chairs and white plastic chairs. In the corner is a small TV on top of a wooden end table. In the background there are six guitars mounted on the white wall. The yellow walls have steel sheets mounted on them. On the steel sheets are colorful foam alphabet magnets. - The Beat of Resistance exhibition
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The Beat of Resistance

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Unity at the Initiative