Bana al-Abed, aged seven, lives in the besieged city of Aleppo, Syria with her family. Last September she opened a Twitter account with the help of her mother to show the world the horrors of war. Fatemah, her mother, is an English language teacher who has been teaching Bana, the New York Times reported. Bana writes her tweets and uploads videos in basic English, and her words have so far reached 81,500 followers.
One of her followers is J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter saga. Last week, after she found out that the child had seen one of the movies and liked it, the famous writer decided to send her books to the girl in Aleppo. Bana tweeted thanking her.
