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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...
‘Lamya’s Poem’ Producer Sam Kadi on Why the Syrian Refugee Crisis Is Worsening — and How Hollywood...
Variety via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“Lamya’s Poem” centers around a Syrian refugee girl named Lamya who draws strength from the verses...
Ken Loach film 'The Old Oak': When an 'abandoned' British community meets Syrian refugees
Yahoo News Canada· 2 months agoFilmmaker Ken Loach collaborated with writer Paul Laverty once again for the film The Old Oak (now...
Michigan Refugee Film Festival offers 3 free movies to promote understanding, acceptance
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe late critic Roger Ebert once compared movies to “a machine that generates empathy.” Stepping...
Op-Ed: In Syria, my fame became a curse. Now it helps give meaning to my journey as a refugee
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMigrants walk in Edirne, Turkey, near the Turkish-Greek border, on March 4, 2020. (Darko Bandic /...
‘Lamya’s Poem’ Trailer Details Rumi-Inspired Syrian Refugee Tale (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLong-awaited animated feature “Lamya’s Poem” has unveiled its first trailer. Alex Kronemer’s...
'The Swimmers' Mardini Family Still Lives In Germany
Women's Health via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSyrian refugee sisters Yusra and Sara Mardini are the stars of a new Netflix film called 'The Swimmers.' Learn all about their family, their parents, and...
Director-Activist Brandt Andersen On Making Omar Sy Starrer ‘The Strangers’ Case’ About Syrian...
Deadline via Yahoo News· 3 months agoEXCLUSIVE: Last month, when Brandt Andersen’s debut feature film The Strangers’ Case won the Amnesty...
From Syrian refugee to DePaul Law graduate: How he survived torture during revolution before fleeing...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 12 months agoHe says he can’t really describe torture or the night terrors that still creep up on him years...
‘The Swimmers’ Review: Hope Floats in This Mostly True Story of Refugee Sisters From Syria
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAt the end of “The Swimmers,” you could be excused for thinking that Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini...