This 10-year-old girl by the name of “Marwa” sells tissues in City of Aswan, Egypt

She rushed to watch a marathon organized for children from a distance and she quickly ran towards them to ask if she could participate.

Although she neither paid the participation fee (which was 2○○ pounds), nor did she have the sports shoes or clothing to participate, she nevertheless wanted to take part and had the desire to win

The organizers did not deprive this innocent child from playing. Marwa ran barefoot.. She ran as she was used to running after people in the streets to sell them tissues… She ran with the pride of the poor, she ran as if she was flying towards the sky to embrace the finishing line.
To everyone’s utter astonishment and surprise, she came in first place and won the gold medal.

Despite her unfortunate circumstances, she believed in herself and didn’t allow any hurdles or setbacks to get in the way of accomplishing her goal.