Create an experience with Fadi Chalouhy

Born to a Lebanese mother and a Syrian father, who left shortly after his birth, meant Fadi would spend the rest of his life as a stateless person. Lebanese law prevents mothers registering their children in Lebanon.

Illegal since birth, bullied and unwanted by society, Fadi’s life journey was always going to be an up-hill battle. With no legal access to education, public health, drivers license or any kind of legal identification to say the ‘the odds were stacked against him’ was certainly an understatement!

Fadi was able to secure an education and work experience as he grew up in Lebanon, all as an illegal alien. In 2019 his life was to change forever when he became the first stateless person to be granted an Australian skilled migrant visa. 

A remarkable story which is truly profound and heartfelt. A story of perseverance, resilience and tenacity, told by a wonderfully gifted and charismatic speaker. Although his journey has been unimaginably hard, his tale is one of hope and triumph of the human spirit.

Topic areas covered:

• How to find inspiration in the darkest of places
• Embracing fear, and doing it anyway
• Life is a bully, and it won’t back down until you stand up to it
• You don’t need an ID card to have an Identity
• Blaming others only gives them power over you
• There is no such thing as a self-made man