My Uncle Samir, one of my mum's brothers, died in Egypt yesterday. He is survived by daughters Reham and Deena and son Ahmed. He is the 6th member of my extended family to die since May 2021. I wrote this last year as I was learning #GriefLiteracy.
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Since May 2021, my mum has lost a brother, a nephew, and a brother-in-law and my dad has lost a sister, a brother, and a sister-in-law.
And in May 2020, Beloved's father died.
And in May 2020, Beloved's father died.
Thank you @SusanCadell and other death studies practitioners and scholars who have coined the phrase #GriefLiteracy--“the capacity to access, process, and use knowledge regarding the experience of loss"--a language many of us must become more proficient in feministgiant.com/p/essay-some-o…
It's a lot losing so many relatives.
I come from a big extended family, many of whom I have not seen in a while and it's difficult to navigate this grief and deep sadness.
#GriefLiteracy
I come from a big extended family, many of whom I have not seen in a while and it's difficult to navigate this grief and deep sadness.
#GriefLiteracy
Every time a member of my extended family dies, I feel a connection to Egypt sever – even if we were not close.
Uncle Samir lived with us in London for a summer when I was a child, and I lived with his family when I moved back to Cairo.
Uncle Samir lived with us in London for a summer when I was a child, and I lived with his family when I moved back to Cairo.
Each loss takes me back to memories of what was. Who they were. Who I was. And what can never be. Each loss takes me to my childhood and their youth. Each death takes me closer to mine.
i wrote this to try to reckon with death and legacy. feministgiant.com/p/essay-avenge…
i wrote this to try to reckon with death and legacy. feministgiant.com/p/essay-avenge…
“So much is being lost in the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic. We have lost our routines and many freedoms. Many people have lost their jobs. We have lost the ability to visit freely with one another and, in some cases, to go outside our homes..." 1/2
"...And some people have lost their lives while others have lost the opportunity to be with people who are dying or grieving,” Dr. @SusanCadell feministgiant.com/p/essay-some-o… #GriefLiteracy
We have not reckoned with/magnitude of our pain & grief. Those of us who did not die must prepare to take our individual grief out into the world & whisper to each other’s hearts “We know you’re strong.Look at what you survived. You can be soft here, we’ve got you” #GriefLiteracy
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