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The Girl From Aleppo
- Nujeen’s Escape From War to Freedom
- Narrated by: Raghad Chaar
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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Summary
Read about Nujeen who escaped the hell of war in Aleppo and travelled to Europe in a wheelchair.
‘She is our hero. Everyone must read her story. She will inspire you’ MALALA YOUSAFZAI
Nujeen Mustafa has cerebral palsy and cannot walk. This did not stop her braving inconceivable odds to travel in her wheelchair from Syria in search of a new life. Sharing her full story for the first time, Nujeen recounts the details of her childhood and disability, as well as the specifics of her harrowing journey across the Mediterranean to Greece and finally to Germany to seek an education and the medical treatment she needs.
Nujeen's story has already touched millions and in this book written with Christina Lamb, bestselling co-author of ‘I Am Malala’, she helps to put a human face on a global emergency.
Trapped in a fifth floor apartment in Aleppo and unable to go to school, she taught herself to speak English by watching US television. As civil war between Assad's forces and ISIS militants broke out around them, Nujeen and her family fled first to her native Kobane, then Turkey before they joined thousands of displaced persons in a journey to Europe and asylum. She wanted to come to Europe, she said, to become an astronaut, to meet the Queen and to learn how to walk.
In her strong, positive voice, Nujeen tells the story of what it is really like to be a refugee, to have grown up in a dictatorship only for your life to be blighted by war; to have left a beloved homeland to become dependent on others. It is the story of our times told through the incredible bravery of one remarkable girl determined to keep smiling.
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- Arlene Finnigan
- 18-12-18
An amazing story
This is a great, eye opening insight into the experience of a refugee - an unimaginably difficult journey for anyone, but even more so for a disabled teenage girl. The author is honest and very engaging. A must read for anyone wanting to know more about Syria and the refugee crisis.
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- Julia
- 12-01-20
Brilliant
Eloquent, interesting and funny, this book allows a fascinating insight into life in Syria and as a refugee with a physical disability and demonstrates the extraordinary level of fortitude, bravery, hope and trust these people showed. Lovely narration too.
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- Alia J.
- 18-01-24
heartbreaking yet intriguing
Amazing insightful journey of a young girl in a sad time and place in a disastrous historic event...
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- Hoops
- 11-03-21
Another fine mess....
This is an epic tale of two sister's heroic trek from war-torn Syria, across an increasingly hostile Europe. The challenges and hostility to such migrants is painful to hear. The perspective is that of Nujeen, a young/mid teen, who's had limited life experience and is wheelchair bound. Even from that viewpoint she is observant and positive. Her, older sister, Nasreen, is the background hero of the tale, as she pushes the wheelchair to an unknown destiny. As ever, it's the proxy cold-war of East versus West and unsavoury, self seeking tyrants and politicians that's created this middle east maelstrom and will be played out over years to come. Good narration and thanks to Angela Merkel's compassion in offering so many migrants a home.
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- hellojoanie
- 05-01-21
Interesting account
I wouldn't say I loved this book, but it was interesting, as it is a true story. It gave an insight into the life of a refugee
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