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Nov 26, 2022 · The Swimmer then fast forwards four years in 2015 when Yusra and Sarah leave Syria to somehow reach Europe and seek refuge for their family under the family reunion policy.
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Nov 23, 2022 · Yusra and Sara Mardini saved a boatful of fellow asylum seekers from drowning in the Aegean Sea. Now Netflix's 'The Swimmers' tells their story.
Nov 23, 2022 · Based on Yusra's autobiography Butterfly, The Swimmers is an authentic portrayal of her crossing to Europe, including the moment Yusra and Sara jumped out of an overcrowded, sinking dinghy into...
Nov 17, 2022 · Making it to Europe wasn’t the end of the Mardini sisters’ story: after an arduous journey to Germany, Yusra and Sara found a swimming coach, Sven Spannenkrebs, who not only let them train in...
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Nov 23, 2022 · In 2015, Yusra and Sara Mardini left their home country of Syria, which was being torn apart by war, in a bid to reach Europe and get safe passage for the rest of their family as refugees, a...
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Jan 19, 2023 · The sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini fled Syria as refugees in 2015. While crossing the Aegean Sea, their dinghy's engine broke. Along with two others who could swim, they saved the lives of those on board by swimming alongside the dinghy.
Nov 24, 2022 · Based on a true story “The Swimmers,” is a biographical drama film that follows the struggle of Yusra Mardini, a Syrian swimmer who fled her country during the Syrian civil war with her sister, Sara Mardini. Both Yusra and Sara were trained by their father, who dreamed of watching his daughters compete at the Olympics.
