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Melissa Fleming is Head of Communications and Chief Spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Her TED talk on the subject of refugees has been viewed more than 1.3 million times. She writes regularly for the Guardian.https://go.ted.com/CLTR
Melissa Fleming's tale of a young Syrian woman's search for peace
and safety is a book written for our times. Fleming captures the
unremitting fear, the crushing despair, and the glint of hope for a
better life that drive families to risk everything and sail the
treacherous seas. On every page, loss and hope tangle. On every
page, the human toll of the worst humanitarian crisis of our time
is painfully, heartbreakingly brought home. This is an emotional
read, at times painful, but it is above all a poignant tribute to
hope, to resilience, and to the capacity for grace and generosity
that dwells deep in the human heart
*Khaled Hosseini, bestselling author of The Kite Runner*
In a few years, when people will look back at our current time of
conflicts, dislocation, and displacement, the story of Doaa
al-Zamel - and of those she saw die, and of the new life she saved?
. . . will stand out as one of its defining narratives
*Bruno Giussani, European director, TED*
it should enable us to see beyond the cold weight of the numbers,
and into an individual's own warm and vivid story . . . If A Hope
More Powerful Than the Sea does push more people into action and
solidarity, then it will have done vital work; the most important
work, perhaps, that a book can do right now . . . Doaa al-Zamel is
both ordinary enough to compel sympathy, and extraordinary enough
to be unforgettable
*Observer*
Fleming's account is as gripping as it is moving
*Financial Times*
Written by an official in the UN's refugee agency, this deeply
affecting book recounts the story of a young Syrian, Doaa al Zamel
. . . Fleming brings a moral urgency to the narrative. Doaa is now
safe in Sweden, but Fleming pointedly asks, 'Why is there no
massive resettlement program for Syrians - the victims of the worst
war of our times?'
*New Yorker*
Fleming deftly illustrates the pain of those who choose to leave
Syria . . .[She] recounts their narrative with compassion and
without melodrama, and her book is ultimately a story of hope . . .
The message is to try to humanize one young woman, to tell her tale
so that the migrant crisis does not become a bunch of nameless,
faceless people fleeing a war but human beings with families, with
needs, and with desires
*Newsweek*
Stories like Doaa's, presented in the form of excellent
storytelling, thrilling surprises, and powerful characters, do have
an impact. This is a must-read book for everyone who is debating
the refugee crisis, because it boils the entire war in Syria down
to one family, one young woman: Doaa
*New York Journal of Books*
[Doaa's] inspiring story is urgently required reading
*People*
A Hope More Powerful than the Sea poignantly illuminates some of
the reasons why our fellow humans embark on such perilous journeys
to reach Europe . . . One can only hope that by sharing Doaa's
story, her remarkable courage, Fleming will help people better
understand why so many are prepared to risk so much in order to
reach relative safety
*Times Literary Supplement*
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