Movie: The Swimming Lesson

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Neekey Habibi
Neekey Habibi

Girl #1

Samara Alsalim
Samara Alsalim

Girl #2

Noor Ali
Noor Ali

Girl #3 / Fatima

Lisa King Hawkes
Lisa King Hawkes

Social Worker

Constancia Roark
Constancia Roark

Swimming Instructor

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    Based on a true story, teenage, Muslim refugee girls in burkinis take a fantastical swimming lesson in Idaho. The initiative for swimming lessons began after a newly arrived refugee, a Congolese boy, drowned in the summer of 2017. ​​

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    Teenage Muslim refugee girls take a swimming lesson in Boise, Idaho.

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