Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini, whose story inspired the 2022 Netflix film The Swimmers, returned to Syria ten years after she fled the civil war to Europe. While crossing the ...

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.

Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini, actress and activist Sheryl Lee Ralph, and photojournalist Lynsey Addario were among those who were honored at Forbes and Know Your Value’s ...

The students also heard from 27-year-old Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini, whose life story doesn’t just sound like a movie — it is one. Her incredible journey was turned ...

The European Union said Wednesday that it would not lift or amend its sanctions on Russia before the “unconditional” withdrawal of Moscow’s forces from Ukraine. Moscow and Kyiv have agreed ...

Sara and her younger sister, now Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini, fled from Syria in 2015. When the boat they were escaping on started to sink in the Aegean Sea, the sisters swam the boat to safety, a ...

Anyone who watched the 2022 film The Swimmers will know Yusra Mardini’s story. She and her sister, Sara, fled war-torn Syria and made the treacherous journey across the Aegean from Turkey to Lesbos.

Prior to the war in Syria, Yusra was a competitive swimmer who represented her country in international competitions. As the war intensified, Yusra and her sister left Damascus in early August 2015 ...

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