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Real-Life Sisters Play Syrian Refugees Yusra & Sara Mardini In 'The Swimmers'
Women's Health via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSyrian refugees Yusra and Sara Mardini swam 3 hours across the Aegean Sea to save their lives. Yusra...
Netflix 'The Swimmers' follows refugee Yusra Mardini's path to the Olympics while trying to 'cling'...
Yahoo News Canada· 2 years agoSally El Hosaini told the story of how Yusra Mardini and her sister fled war-torn Syria and made it...
Voices: Their inspiring story became a Netflix film – now one of them is on trial
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen Sarah Mardini and her sister Yusra, fleeing Syria, swam a sinking rubber dinghy to shore and...
‘The Swimmers’ Refugee Drama to Open Toronto Film Festival
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSally El Hosaini’s refugee drama “The Swimmers” will open the 47th Toronto International Film...
New Docs Boards ‘Long Distance Swimmer: Sara Mardini’ That Begins Where Toronto Opener ‘The...
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGermany based New Docs, an international sales agency specializing in documentaries, has boarded...
‘The Swimmers’ Director Sally El Hosaini, Stars Talk About Real-Life Immigrant Story
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSally El Hosaini’s “The Swimmers,” which opened the Toronto Film Festival and also opens Zurich Film...
The Inspiring True Story Behind Netflix's The Swimmers
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSara Mardini and Yusra Mardini attend the Opening Night Gala Premiere of "The Swimmers" during the...
The Swimmers Interview: Yusra Mardini & Sally El Hosaini Talk True Story
COMINGSOON.net via Yahoo News· 2 years agoComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke with The Swimmers director Sally El Hosaini and […]...
Greek trial of volunteer migrant rescuers to resume Friday
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwo dozen Greek and foreign aid workers and volunteers who participated in migrant rescue operations...
Sea Rescue ‘Hero’ Targeted by Bizarre Dirty Tricks
The Daily Beast· 11 months agoDocDays Productions/Safe Passage FilmsLike many others, Sara Mardini fled her home in Syria as the civil war raged, but the extraordinary circumstances...