For the first time in a decade, Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini returned this month to Syria, the country whose civil war she ...

Yusra, then 17, and her sister Sarah made the heartbreaking ... the most insurmountable obstacles. From Syrian refugee to ...

Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini, whose story inspired the ... she not only survived but along with her sister heroically saved the lives of everyone onboard her dinghy.

Syrian refugee swimmer Yusra Mardini ... but they did honour us,” she said. The Mardini sisters were reunited with their parents and youngest sibling once settled in Germany, and the family ...

Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini was appointed the youngest-ever Goodwill ... In August 2015, Yusra fled the Syrian Civil War with her sister Sara. She made the treacherous journey to ...

Netflix’s upcoming film The Swimmers tells the remarkable true story of two Syrian sisters ... In 2016, two sisters by the names of Sarah and Yusra Mardini competed at the Rio Olympic Games.

The 18-year-old Syrian swimmer is representing the Refugee ... Red Cross declared a state of civil war in Syria – Mardini and her elder sister Sarah fled their home in the war-torn capital ...