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Bana Alabed

بانا علبد

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Dear World: Bana Alabed's Tweets From Besieged Aleppo

A 7-year-old girl and her mother tweeted from eastern Aleppo during its final siege in 2016 — becoming one of the most followed civilian voices of the entire Syrian war.

Biography

Bana al-Abed is a Syrian girl from Aleppo, Syria who, with assistance from her English-speaking mother, sent messages through Twitter documenting the siege of the city. Most of these tweets have documented issues such as airstrikes, destruction, hunger, displacement, the prospect of her and her family's death, her longing for a peaceful childhood, the al-Bab district of eastern Aleppo, and her general calls for peace.

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Key Facts

Born:2009

Place:Aleppo, Syria

Nationality:Syrian