Still from Barricaded In

Nada Osman

Writer

Nada is an Australian born 18 year old Eritrean young woman who was born in Melbourne and has lived her whole life in the Flemington towers. Having graduated from high school last year she is now studying law and criminal justice at university. Nada is passionate about building representation of people of colour in our justice system. In her spare time she loves writing poetry, creating videos and playing sports.

Image credit: Courtesy Nada Osman

Artworks

Barricaded In by Nada Osman | Voices of the Beautiful Struggle

Khaled Abdulwahab , Nada Osman, CYNDYCUT

Barricaded In is a spoken word piece I wrote describing the treatment of the residents of the 9 towers lockdown.

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