Bahaa Dabbagh: Building belonging, one laugh at a time

Bahaa Dabbagh: Building belonging, one laugh at a time

Bahaa Dabbagh, one of our World Refugee Day Telethon heroes, is a Syrian comedian, cook and community storyteller whose work celebrates the richness of Syrian culture and the power of laughter, food and belonging. Born in Saudi Arabia and raised in Aleppo, Bahaa fled the Syrian war in 2015, spending six years in Turkey before settling in Melbourne in 2021 – with his beloved cat, Sasha, in tow. This year’s campaign theme, Finding Freedom: Diversi…