Fadel Shaker tsohon fitaccen mawaƙin Lebanon ne wanda ya shahara a duniyar waƙoƙin Larabci kafin ya bar harkar kiɗa a shekarar 2012. A kwanakin nan, ya sake shiga kanun labarai bayan hukumomin Lebanon sun sake shi da beli yayin da ake ci gaba da sake shari'arsa kan zarge-zargen da suka shafi shiga ƙungiyar masu ɗauke da makamai da kuma halaccin kuɗaɗe.
An haifi Fadel Shaker a shekarar 1969 a birnin Sidon na Lebanon. Ya fara harkar kiɗa a ƙarshen shekarun 1990, inda ya fitar da kundin waƙarsa na farko a 1998. Daga baya ya zama ɗaya daga cikin fitattun mawaƙan soyayya a ƙasashen Larabawa, tare da shahararrun waƙoƙi irin su "Ya Ghayeb", waɗanda suka ba shi lakabin "Yariman Waƙoƙin Soyayya."
A shekarar 2012, Shaker ya ba mutane mamaki lokacin da ya sanar da yin murabus daga harkar kiɗa, yana cewa waƙa ta saɓa wa addininsa. Daga baya aka zarge shi da shiga ƙungiyar mai tsattsauran ra'ayi karkashin jagorancin Sheikh Ahmed al-Assir, inda ya riƙa rera waƙoƙin addini da halartar gangamin goyon bayansa. Bayan rikicin Sidon na 2013, ya ɓuya na tsawon kusan shekaru 12 kafin ya miƙa kansa ga hukumomin Lebanon a shekarar 2025.
A shekarar 2020, wata kotun soji ta Lebanon ta yanke masa hukuncin ɗaurin shekaru 22 a gidan yari ba tare da kasancewarsa a kotu ba saboda zargin tallafawa ƙungiyar Ahmed al-Assir. Bayan ya miƙa kansa, an ba shi damar sake shari'a kamar yadda dokar Lebanon ta tanada. A watan Yulin 2026, kotu ta amince a sake shi da beli bayan ya biya fam miliyan 500 na Lebanon (kimanin dala 5,500), yayin da ake ci gaba da bincike da sauraron shari'arsa. Shaker ya musanta cewa ya shiga faɗan Sidon, duk da amincewarsa cewa yana da alaƙa da Ahmed al-Assir.