Una Esperanza Mas Poderosa Que El Mar - Melissa... -

Doaa’s story begins in Daraa, Syria, the cradle of the revolution. As war destroys her home, her family flees to Egypt. But as the political climate shifts and life becomes untenable there, Doaa and her fiancé, Bassem, make the agonizing decision to pay smugglers for a passage to Europe.

Fleming’s writing is urgent and deeply empathetic. She transforms Doaa from a anonymous statistic in a news chyron into a living, breathing symbol of the refugee experience.

As the days passed, other survivors succumbed to dehydration, exhaustion, and despair. In their final moments, two terrified parents handed Doaa their infant children, praying this young girl could do what they could not. Una esperanza mas poderosa que el mar - Melissa...

What followed is one of the most remarkable tales of endurance in modern history. Doaa, who could not swim and was terrified of the water, found herself floating in the open sea with nothing but a small inflatable water ring.

With a baby clamped to each side of her body, Doaa floated for nearly four days without food or water. She sang to the babies, prayed, and fought off the urge to simply let go and let the sea take her. Doaa’s story begins in Daraa, Syria, the cradle

In 2015, the image of a lifeless Syrian boy washed up on a Turkish beach shocked the world's conscience. But behind the horrifying statistics of the Mediterranean refugee crisis are stories of unimaginable survival. None are more gripping than that of Doaa Al Zamel, a 19-year-old Syrian girl whose journey is chronicled in Melissa Fleming’s breathtaking book, A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea .

They boarded a decrepit, overcrowded fishing boat with 500 other hopeful souls. Four days into the journey, angry traffickers rammed their vessel. As the boat capsize, Doaa watched hundreds of people drown instantly. Bassem did not survive. Fleming’s writing is urgent and deeply empathetic

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