It was August that year, and already 2,000 people had died trying to cross the Mediterranean, but Doaa knew of a friend who had made it all the way to Northern Europe, and she thought, "Maybe we can, too." So she asked her parents if they could go, and after a painful discussion, they consented, and Bassem paid his entire life savings — 2,500 dollars each — to the smugglers.
Стоял август. К тому времени уже 2 000 человек погибло, пытаясь пересечь Средиземное море. Но у Доаа был друг, которому удалось бежать в Северную Европу.