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.
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. Una esperanza mas poderosa que el mar - Melissa...
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 . As the days passed, other survivors succumbed to
Melissa Fleming’s non-fiction book, "A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea," tells the harrowing yet inspiring true story of Doaa Al Zamel, a young Syrian refugee who survived days at sea after her ship was wrecked by human traffickers. She sang to the babies, prayed, and fought