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Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits

For reasons as different as the lives they are leaving behind, four Muslims illegally cross the Strait of Gibraltar in an inflatable boat headed for Spain. What has driven these men and women to risk their lives? And will the rewards prove to be worth the danger? Sensit

Audience
adult
Length
short · 197 pages

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