Samer Madbak Biography

My name is Samer Edward Madbak. I was born in Beirut, Lebanon, on the 31st of July 1969. I hold the Australian nationality, and I am married to a wonderful Lebanese lass; Salwa Wardeh. We have three beautiful boys, Edward (b.1999) and Mark (b.2001) and John (b.2008) . We lived in Beirut, and I worked as a teacher at the American Community School of Beirut. I teach chemistry to grades 9-12. I hold an Honours degree in Physical and Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Adelaide, Australia. I repatriated to Adelaide in September 2020, after the great Beirut Port explosion.

My hobbies include reading and writing poetry, bird hunting (not anymore) , singing, composing, and listening to classical music. I am a modest Byzantine chanter in the Orthodox church of Saint Michael in Beirut, and currently St. Elias, Adelaide.

I started writing poetry at the age of 16 in the picturesque village of Blaouza in North Lebanon. I posted all my poems on this wonderful website. Hope you enjoy it.