Nujeen: One Girl’s Incredible Journey from War-torn Syria in a Wheelchair

Written by Nujeen Mustafa and Christina Lamb

Narrated by Raghad Chaar

The story that is inspiring the world.

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Release date: Sep 22, 2016
• ISBN: 9780008192808

Reviews for Nujeen

[manuele teofilo · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Thank you for writing your Story Nujeen! The story is told really well with a great insight into one's journey escaping war.

[shahnareads · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I'm not going to go into great detail about this book to save arguments. I believe that everyone deserves freedom and a place to call home. No one should have to stuffer in any way to have basic human needs met. If taxes have to be higher so be it.

My only issue is that I wish the writing style was more mature. For two adult women it is written very child-like. Have faith in your audience, we will understand what is written. It doesn't have to be dumbed down.

It's an interesting and easy read. There aren't many details so I feel the full extent of her journey is not expressed well enough.

I won't say don't read it, because you should. I just wish there was more, to get the full effect of this tragedy into people's hands. It's unfortunate, but "all the gory details" is what makes people pay attentiom.