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.
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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.
