Bana Al-Abed: Little Advocate, Huge Inspiration

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bana_al-Abed

If you give a seven-year-old a phone, they’ll most likely going to play Candy Crush. Bana, however, utilized the power of Twitter to raise awareness about the effects of the ongoing Syrian Civil War. In 2016, with the help of her mother, she tweeted a series of posts from Aleppo that documented the harrowing sieging of the city. Those tweets broke the hearts of people around the world. Now thirteen years old, Bana continues to advocate for her fellow Syrians and uses her platform to draw global awareness to the horrors taking place in her homeland.

“You must do something for the children of Syria because they are like your children and deserve peace like you.”

—Bana al-Abed

This excerpt is from The Book of Awesome Girls by Becca Anderson which is available now through Amazon and Mango Media.

BANA AL-ABED: LITTLE ADVOCATE, HUGE INSPIRATION

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bana_al-Abed

If you give a seven-year-old a phone, they’ll most likely going to play Candy Crush. Bana, however, utilized the power of Twitter to raise awareness about the effects of the ongoing Syrian Civil War. In 2016, with the help of her mother, she tweeted a series of posts from Aleppo that documented the harrowing sieging of the city. Those tweets broke the hearts of people around the world. Now twelve years old, Bana continues to advocate for her fellow Syrians and uses her platform to draw global awareness to the horrors taking place in her homeland.

“You must do something for the children of Syria because they are like your children and deserve peace like you.”

—Bana al-Abed

This excerpt is from The Book of Awesome Girls by Becca Anderson, which is available now through Amazon and Mango Media.