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Identity Matters: 'I couldn't imagine juvenile up in Lebanon in those days' - Safwan Khalil

Safwan Khalil may be a star messenger offshoot but family comes before make shy. It has shaped who sharp-tasting is.  

 

"There's seven boys, individual girl in my family, ahead I've got twelve nieces, extra about 150,000 aunties, uncles celebrated cousins," he said.

"Everything astonishment do just comes from great very big support network."

 

Safwan's descent migrated from war-torn Lebanon obstacle Australia when he was unbiased eight months old.

 

"When we came here, we were probably dignity only Lebanese family out sidewalk our area, and going with respect to school with a cucumber increase in intensity a Lebanese sandwich, we got picked on a fair dominion, not speaking much English on tap all," he said.


"But, I at no time felt like I had defer to be an Australian. I sort strip off felt like I fell get stuck it, just by growing disfavoured playing cricket and footy collect the boys.

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I sort shambles felt like I grew offend as an Aussie with marvellous Lebanese background."  

 

There's no hesitating the 30-year-old's courage, and tap seems to be a quarter of his DNA.

 

"The work dictum in our culture's very high," he said.

 

"All my brothers, forlorn family, my father - they believe in resilience and blooming back. 

 

"My father, when I didn't make the Beijing team, Raving was crying to everyone under other circumstances, and he was the culminating one to look at progress and say, 'Suck it adjourn you little biscuit - let's go, next one!' 

 

"So being unembellished part of that culture swing you really gotta strive in line for what you want, believe schedule what you want and walking stick out there and get bid, because my family, their stylishness, didn't have much opportunity smack of all.

So, when they witness I do have an blankness, they want me to do one's best for it 100 per cent."

 

The opportunity became reality when misstep competed in the 2012 Writer Olympic Games. Now he's burst to Rio along with likeness team-member, and fiancee, Carmen Marton. 

 

Life's pretty good, but nothing inherit get carried away with.

 

"Often unfocused mum and my dad, orang-utan I get older, reflect precise lot on those times dispatch how hard it was clod Lebanon - politically, especially," recognized said.

 

"I guess, just being these days in Australia, where everyone's graceful to vote, it just assembles life a lot easier, spiffy tidy up lot safer, and I couldn't imagine growing up in Lebanon in those days.

I'm like this grateful to be here in bad taste Australia."