A Syrian refugee's leap of faith

Melissa Fleming's A Hope More Powerful than the Sea is a close literary counterpart of a 3D documentary

A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea 

The Journey of Doaa Al Zamel

Melissa Fleming

Hachette

285 pages; Rs 499

In 2015, the BBC brought out an interactive documentary film about the countless refugees who escaped Syria and made their way to Europe by sea. Titled Syrian Journey, it began with a seemingly innocuous question: What piece of technology would one carry while fleeing? It was an immersive project, meant to push the boundaries of empathy and make the fear felt by the men, women and children huddling together in tiny boats, with no certainty of reaching safer shores or, for that matter, seeing the