<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for "Mardini, Yusra"]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for "Mardini, Yusra"]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/hclib/rss/search?query=%22Mardini%2C%20Yusra%22&amp;searchType=author&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:54:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Butterfly]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yusra Mardini fled her native Syria 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. Yusra, her sister and two others took to the water, pushing the boat for three and a half hours in open water 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 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.]]></description><link>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C5666350</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C5666350</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mardini, Yusra]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5666350109</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>From Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope, and Triumph</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250184405/MC.GIF&amp;client=hennp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mariposa]]></title><description><![CDATA[Translation of: Butterfly : from refugee to Olympian, my story of rescue, hope, and triumph.]]></description><link>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C5979820</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C5979820</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[spa]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mardini, Yusra]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5979820109</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>de refugiada a nadadora olímpica : mi historia de superación y esperanza</subtitle><language>spa</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9788401022135/MC.GIF&amp;client=hennp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Butterfly]]></title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><link>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C6085593</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C6085593</guid><category><![CDATA[EAUDIOBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mardini, Yusra]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/6085593109</comments><format>EAUDIOBOOK</format><subtitle>From Refugee to Olympian - My Story of Rescue, Hope, and Triumph</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781427298324/MC.GIF&amp;client=hennp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>