Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini was appointed the youngest-ever Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in April 2017, aged just nineteen. By sharing her inspiring story, ...

Yusra Mardini grew up in Damascus, Syria, in a family passionate about sports. From a young age, swimming was her refuge. Her father, a swimmer himself, introduced her to the sport at an early age.

Yusra Mardini is a hopeful for the Rio Olympic Games this year, having fled Damascus only seven months ago. She's also got an incredible life philosophy. Story by Jacob Shamsian and editing by ...

For the first time in a decade, Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini returned this month to Syria, the country whose civil war she fled in 2015. Her journey away from her homeland, which led to two ...

In 2016, two sisters by the names of Sarah and Yusra Mardini competed at the Rio Olympic ... “The Swimmers was the very best kind of surprise when we saw it this summer — an exciting, epic ...

Syrian refugee swimmer Yusra Mardini, who almost drowned at sea fleeing her war-torn country before competing at two Olympics, hopes a new film about her life will help other displaced people.

The swimming domain also has one such inspiring tale to tell the world. It is Yusra Mardini who evaded from her war-torn nation, Syria, due to the extraneous situations in the country caused by ...

Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini, actress and activist Sheryl ... The 68-year-old actress and activist is best known for her performance in “Dream Girls” and as her role ...