The Pen

Published works

 

Finding Myself

On my journey through art and activism:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/altmuslim/2016/02/through-the-journey-of-art-and-activism-finding-myself/

 

My most recent essay and illustrations at the Manifest-Station:

In Trump’s Tomorrow, A Muslim Mother Confronts Her Past

Interviews and Articles

ArtsNow IG Focus: Kulsum Tasnif

Protesters at RDU Airport demonstrate against President Donald Trump's temporary freeze on immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries. Coverage on the Muslim Ban Protest at RDU:

http://wunc.org/post/rdu-protesters-say-refugees-are-welcome-here#stream/0

 

Kulsum Tasnif is a Muslim artist living in Raleigh<br/>Photographer: Richard Adkins

WRAL Segment, Muslims in Triangle live with hatred, hope:

http://www.wral.com/muslim-life/15181169/

 

About my first illustrations:

http://www.browngirlmagazine.com/2016/07/fashion-illustrations-showcase-strong-south-asian-women/

 

“The Cosmos is all darkness. It is illumined only by the manifestation of God in it. Whoever sees the Cosmos and does not contemplate Him in it or by it or before it or after it is in need of light and is veiled from the sun of gnosis by the clouds of created things.” -Ibn ‘Atta Allah