Manal Issa and Nathalie Issa, real life sisters who play a pair of Olympic swimming hopefuls, also sisters, said they weren’t at all aquatic when cast in the Sally El Hosaini film ‘The ...

For Nathalie Issa, she got to meet the woman she portrayed in the 2022 Netflix film The Swimmers early in the process of making the movie, and she opened up to CinemaBlend about what it was like ...

It feels really surreal. It’s such an honor to have our story chosen to be told.” ‘The Swimmers’ Stars Manal & Nathalie Issa Said They Couldn’t Swim When They Were Cast – Toronto ...

The Netflix film The Swimmers is the story of Yusra and Sara Mardini, sisters and elite swimmers who flee Syria during the civil war. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Nathalie Issa, who plays Yusra.

"The Swimmers" offers not only a hammering glimpse of that journey but adds in a sports drama as well. Director Sally El Hosaini's newest movie premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film ...

Sara (Manal Issa) and Yusra (Nathalie Issa) Mardini try to live as normal a life as kids can in a war-torn country, their family including mother Mervat (Kinda Aloush) and father Ezzat (Ali ...

But through the talents of El Hosaini, and the Issa sisters, “The Swimmers” makes it feel as if she might have. Or, in the end, achieved something even better: a future. Posted Dec. 12, 2022 ...

The Netflix film The Swimmers is the story of Yusra and Sara Mardini, sisters and elite swimmers who flee Syria during the civil war. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Nathalie Issa, who plays Yusra.

The Netflix film The Swimmers is the story of Yusra and Sara Mardini, sisters and elite swimmers who flee Syria during the civil war. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Nathalie Issa, who plays Yusra.