Mustafa Ahmed, an internationally recognized Toronto poet and musician, poured his grief into words after his older brother was shot dead downtown earlier this week.
Ahmed, also known as Mustafa the Poet, wrote on Instagram ThursdayToronto-based Mustafa Ahmed posts photos of his brother who died earlier this week on Instagram .
His 36-year-old brother, Mohamed Ahmed, died after he was shot inside a car near Sherbourne and Shuter streets around noon on Tuesday. “Tomorrow I bury my only older brother on the day I was born,” Ahmed wrote, “Even in my dreams you were always leaving.” His poems, which he began penning by the age of 12, detail Ahmed's childhood spent surrounded by poverty and violence in a Regent Park housing project.
Ahmed is no stranger to the grief that comes with violence. His friend and community organizer Yusuf Ali was shot dead in 2014. Four years later, another friend, Smoke Dawg, was fatally shot in front of a nightclub on Queen Street West.
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