Episode 3: Mohin Shahin

In Episode Three we meet Mohin Shanin, a Palestinian man who was stateless when he was born in Lebanon in 1956. His parents had been forced to move to South Lebanon after the Nakba, and he and his siblings grew up in Lebanon before some of them oved as young adults to Australia. Mohin migrated in 1987 with his wife and young daughter. Becoming an Australian citizen, Mohin tells us, was a big moment in his life. He now lives in Adelaide.

In this interview we learn about these parts of his life, learning about how he negotiated life and bureaucracy in Lebanon and through migration. We hear about his family's work - his family owns and runs a large business - and about how the family supports earch other. They are dispersed, but they retain their Palestinianness as fundamental to who they are. Through Mohin's words and memories, we learn of the effects that sit alongside statelessness.