Saab Hasan's First Day

Saab Hasan was forced from his home in Cyprus when it was divided in 1974. Image: Saab Hasan (SBS)

Saab Hasan Source: SBS

Taking shelter in a refugee camp, his family made it to Australia two years later.

 

In our First Day story, Hasan recalls his early impressions, including listening to a radio broadcast of the Melbourne Cup, an event that was to seal his fate.