Doaa el-Adl has consistently challenged political and patriarchal structures–and despite past brushes with the law, she’s showing no signs of stopping. There’s a long, troubling history of ...

Doaa ultimately reunites with her family (they are now living in Sweden). But there are still 4.8 million Syrian refugees who have fled to Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq, ...

Together with her fiancée Bassem, Doaa decides to travel across the Meditarrenean, even though she does not know how to swin. In September 2014, they climb on a boat along with 500 other refugees.

In 2015, Doaa al-Zamel was a 19-year-old Syrian refugee, grinding out an existence in Egypt, when she became one of 500 people crammed aboard a dilapidated fishing boat bound for Europe.

Hijab-wearing beach volleyballer Doaa Elghobashy makes history at Rio Olympics. By Megan Levy. Updated August 9, 2016 — 8.17am first published at 6.51am. Save.