Rose Water Poet

Amal Rana: Multidisciplinary Artist, Poet, Arts Educator

Amal Rana is Multidisciplinary Visual Artist, Pushcart Prize nominated Poet and award-winning Arts Educator.

[Image descriptions. Background image: a red, blue and white duppata billowing in the wind on a sandy beach. Header image: Amal facing the camera with their head resting on their hand]

[Image descriptions. Photo above: Amal, a brown skinned person, looking at the camera with their head resting on their hand. Background image: a blue, white and red duppata billowing in the wind on a sandy beach]

I was honoured to work with the incredible Erv Newcombe on a year-long Artists in Communities Residency with the Carnegie Community Centre for 2019. This was a life changing experience where we learnt so much from the amazing community members of the DTES.

Find archived photos and other information about the residency here: cambiumarts.wixsite.com/website

Amal lives as a settler on unceded, ancestral & traditional xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Territories. Support Indigenous communities. Ensure that the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is upheld. Support Land Back. Donate to Indigenous frontlines http://unistoten.camp/support-us/donate/

© Amal Ishaque Rana 2025