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A2H #3 | Grief Post Police with Ghada Morad
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Grieving is something we’re all familiar with, whether it’s a premature death or losing someone we love from natural causes. But how does the grieving process change when the death could have been avoidable, or comes at the hands of those who have sworn to protect?
In this episode of Art 2 Heart, Ghada Morad shares her story of how life and grief were flipped upside down after her brother was killed by a Long Beach police officer. She talks about how writing letters to him has been a way to measure her growth through the process, and what it’s like to lose your only sibling and being left with unstable parenting.
Other topics discussed include:
- a poem about how things like art and suffering are appropriated
- how talent can’t overcome inauthenticity
- connecting with your ancestors
- how she relates to the 5 Stages of Grief
- a second poem about grief post police
- how her writing changed after the death of her brother
Los Angeles based Palestinian Muslim poet, Ghada Morad, has been writing poetry since 2015 after losing her brother, Feras Morad, to an act of police brutality. Ghada writes poetry surrounding her Arab background and her experiences with the broken system in the US. Often the issues that she faced tie back to the oppressive systems in her roots. She finds ways to reference her grief in her writing.
Her goal is to create art that allows the reader to plunge into the experiences of those who have lost family to the system - to incline others to fight against the system and spur change.
Ghada’s Instagram: @slothlifeee
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