Yusra And Sara Mardini Where Are They Now? Why Is Sara Mardini In Jail?

Yusra And Sara Mardini Where Are They Now?

Sara enjoyed swimming, but she stopped when she arrived in Germany due to a shoulder injury that harmed both her emotional and physical health. According to The Guardian, Sara was arrested in 2018 while doing refugee activism in Lesbos and was charged with spying, smuggling, and belonging to a criminal organization, and imprisoned for three months.

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Amnesty International has since stated that the charges are "trumped up" and "farcical," but she still faces a 25-year sentence. The arrest will be covered in a brief scene during the closing credits.

Why Is Sara Mardini In Jail?

Sara also enjoyed swimming just as much as Yusra, but she stopped when she moved to Germany — why? She was forced to resign due to a shoulder injury and "physical and emotional pain," according to The Guardian. Sara kept a low profile for a while, but she was arrested in 2018 while advocating for refugees in Lesbos, Greece.

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Sara was imprisoned for "more than three months" on charges such as "spying, smuggling, and belonging to a criminal organisation — charges Amnesty International has described as 'trumped up' and 'farcical.'" Sara is still facing a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison.

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Yusra Mardini And Family

Ezzat Mardini, Sara and Yusra's father, grew up swimming like his daughters. And, as the film depicts, he was their swim coach until they left Syria. According to The Guardian, the family was living in Daraya, a Damascus suburb. His experiences in their home country also influenced the girls' decision to flee Syria. Ezzat was taken away and tortured after being mistaken for someone else. According to The Guardian, he and his wife, Mervat, decided in 2015 that their eldest daughters needed to live elsewhere. Yusra claims that life went on as usual until the fighting reached her hometown.

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"I just kept swimming and going to school, trying to be a normal kid," she told Vogue.

Yusra and Sara have a younger sister who is shown in the movie. She is named Shaed and is seen as a little girl who stays behind with her parents and reaches Berlin with them. As of 2017, she is a teen and lives with her mother.

Yusra And Sara Mother

Yusra and Sara's mother was a physiotherapist. Strong. The magazine for Girls shared this factoid in an interview with Yusra, who was studying in 7th grade when protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad started. It's unclear if Mervat, their mother, is still practicing these days, though. In the movie, they also showcase a cousin of the sister's named Nazir. Unfortunately, he does not exists, and they made him up based on the girl's other family members.

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Yusra And Sara Mardini Where Are They Now? Why Is Sara Mardini In Jail?