Häftad, Engelska, 2022
267 kr
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- LjudbokEngelska, 2018
394 kr
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Butterfly is an inspiring audiobook about how one woman saved fellow refugees from drowning—and how she went on to become an Olympic swimmer.When young Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini realized her boat''s engine shut down as she was traveling from Syria to Greece with other refugees, there was no hesitation: she dove into the water. Surfacing, she heard desperate prayers and sobbing from the passengers in the sinking boat above her. Between the waves, her elder sister Sarah screamed at her to get back on the boat. But Mardini was determined. She was not going to let Sarah do this alone. Grabbing the rope with one hand, she began kicking up the black water, inching the boat towards the distant shore.This bold act of bravery saved the lives of a boatload of refugees heading to Turkey from Syria. After her arrival in Greece, Mardini, focused and undeterred, worked toward a lifelong goal: to compete in the Olympics. She succeeded, and competed in 2016 on the Refugee Olympic Team in Rio de Janeiro. Butterfly tells her story, from Syria, to the Olympics, to her current work with the UN as a Goodwill Ambassador. Mardini is eager to tell her story in the hopes that listeners will remember that refugees are ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, chased from their homes by a devastating war.Praise for Butterfly:"War, for all its atrocities, is punctuated by instances of unfathomable human spirit and grace. Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini’s story is a prime example. Butterfly recounts this Syrian refugee’s extraordinary tale of bravery, survival, and winsome, never-give-up moxie. It is impossible not to be won over by Yusra, who once swam for her life at sea and is now fighting for the dignity and wellbeing of countless refugees like her whose lives have been upturned by war." — Khaled Hosseini, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns"Part coming-of-age story, part sports narrative, part migrant journey, Mardini''s book is cinematic even as it is deeply intimate and rooted in place." — New York Times Book Review
- Häftad, Engelska, 2022
130 kr
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The inspirational story behind the film The Swimmers on Netflix, by Syrian refugee and Olympic swimmer, Yusra Mardini.'An extraordinary tale of bravery, survival, and winsome, never-give-up moxie. It is impossible not to be won over by Yusra.' – Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner It’s important the world understands what many ordinary people must endure to find a safe place to live. If it will help others, I’ll tell my story a million times.When war broke out in her native Syria, Yusra Mardini fled to the Turkish coast in 2015 and boarded a small dinghy full of refugees bound for Greece. When the small and overcrowded boat's engine cut out, it began to sink. Instinctively, Yusra and her sister took to the treacherous open water and guided the boat for three and a half hours, helped by two other refugees, until they eventually landed on Lesbos, saving the lives of the passengers aboard.Butterfly is the story of that remarkable woman, whose journey started in a war-torn suburb of Damascus and took her through Europe to Berlin and from there to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.Yusra Mardini is an athlete, one of People magazine’s twenty-five women changing the world, on the list of TIME Magazine's most influential teens, and one of the the youngest UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors. Yusra's and her sister Sara's story is the subject of a major Netflix film documenting her life, written by Jack Thorne. Yusra and Sara were also part of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of 2023.Now with an updated afterword.'Yusra, we could not be prouder of you for your courage and your resilience and the great example that you're setting for children everywhere' – Barack Obama - E-bokEngelska, 2018
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The inspirational story behind the film The Swimmers on Netflix, by Syrian refugee and Olympic swimmer, Yusra Mardini.'An extraordinary tale of bravery, survival, and winsome, never-give-up moxie. It is impossible not to be won over by Yusra.' – Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner It’s important the world understands what many ordinary people must endure to find a safe place to live. If it will help others, I’ll tell my story a million times.When war broke out in her native Syria, Yusra Mardini fled to the Turkish coast in 2015 and boarded a small dinghy full of refugees bound for Greece. When the small and overcrowded boat's engine cut out, it began to sink. Instinctively, Yusra and her sister took to the treacherous open water and guided the boat for three and a half hours, helped by two other refugees, until they eventually landed on Lesbos, saving the lives of the passengers aboard.Butterfly is the story of that remarkable woman, whose journey started in a war-torn suburb of Damascus and took her through Europe to Berlin and from there to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.Yusra Mardini is an athlete, one of People magazine’s twenty-five women changing the world, on the list of TIME Magazine's most influential teens, and one of the the youngest UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors. Yusra's and her sister Sara's story is the subject of a major Netflix film documenting her life, written by Jack Thorne. Yusra and Sara were also part of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of 2023.Now with an updated afterword.'Yusra, we could not be prouder of you for your courage and your resilience and the great example that you're setting for children everywhere' – Barack Obama - E-bokTyska, 2018
147 kr
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Von Syrien nach Rio zu den Olympischen Spielen: die wahre Flucht-Geschichte der UN-Sonderbotschafterin und Schwimmerin Yusra Mardini.Yusra Mardini wächst in Damaskus in einer schwimmbegeisterten Familie auf. Von klein an trainiert sie in jeder freien Minute, denn sie hat einen großen Traum: bei den Olympischen Spielen als Schwimmerin anzutreten. Doch dann bricht in ihrer Heimat Syrien der Bürgerkrieg aus und macht alle Hoffnung zunichte. Gemeinsam mit ihrer älteren Schwester Sara flieht Yusra 2015 nach Europa. Bei der Überfahrt über die Ägäis droht das mit 20 Flüchtlingen völlig überfüllte Schlauchboot einer Schlepperbande zu sinken. Ohne lange nachzudenken, springen die beiden Leistungs-Schwimmerinnen Yusra und Sara ins Wasser und ziehen, unterstützt von zwei weiteren Flüchtlingen, das Boot über Stunden hinweg an die griechische Küste. So retten sie allen Flüchtlingen das Leben.Ihre Flucht aus Syrien führt die Schwestern weiter nach Berlin. Dort nimmt Yusra nicht nur endlich wieder ihr Schwimmtraining auf, sondern steht 2016 vor der Erfüllung ihres Traums, als sie als Teilnehmerin des Flüchtlings-Teams nach Rio zu den Olympischen Spielen reisen darf.Über Nacht wird Yusra Mardini berühmt. Sie hält Vorträge auf der ganzen Welt, trifft Barack Obama, Papst Franziskus und wird von den Vereinten Nationen zur Sonderbotschafterin ernannt.In diesem Buch erzählt die Schwimmerin ihre wahre Geschichte und gibt vielen anderen Flüchtlingen eine Stimme. - Häftad, Tyska, 2022
193 kr
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- Häftad, Tyska
231 kr
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- E-bokArabiska, 2024
100 kr
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Since her childhood, Yusra Mardini''s dream was to become a professional swimmer to represent Syria in Olympic sports tournaments, but the intensification of the battles in Damascus in 2015 reduced her dream to just survival. Like tens of thousands of Syrians dreaming of living in peace, Yusra set off with her sister Sarah, and some of their relatives, on the terrible asylum journey to Europe, carrying with them their dreams of a safe life and resuming professional swimming, but in the middle of the trip between Turkey and Greece, the rubber boat''s engine stopped working. Work, and the boat loaded with passengers began to sink, and despite their many attempts to call for help, no one responded to them. Seventeen-year-old Yusra, her sister, and some other passengers jumped off the boat. To lose weight, they swam with it until they reached Greece, after which the sisters continued their dangerous journey overland to Germany. From swimming to save her life and the lives of her friends, to swimming with a dream of an Olympic medal, Yusra tells her extraordinary story from a refugee fleeing a war-torn country to an Olympian in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. ***** Yusra, we could not be more proud of you for your courage, your ability to resist difficulties, and for the wonderful example you set for children everywhere. Former US President Barack Obama
