A man who’ve seen it all
The story of Deng Thiak Adut, a Sudanese refugee turned defense lawyer.

Gurvinder Hans

STOP! I know the moment you saw the word refugee you thought, “Oh great, it’s another boring, sad refugee story”. How did I know you said that? Because I used to be that person, right up till I found out about a 32 year old South Sudanese man named Deng Thiak Adut. You may have seen him in commercials for University of Western Sydney or more recently, delivering a speech on Australia Day.
Born to fisherman father Thiak Adut Garang and mother Athuie Akau Deng, Deng is 1 of 8 siblings. I don’t know about you, but when I was 8 years old, all I was doing was throwing temper tantrums or coloring but when Deng was 8, he was recruited