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Dear world a Syrian girl's story of war and plea for peace

When seven-year-old Bana Alabed took to Twitter to describe the horrors she and her family were experiencing in war-torn Syria, her heartrending messages touched the world and gave a voice to millions of innocent children.

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Main Author:	Alabed, Bana, 2009- (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.
Edition:	First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:	Alabed, Bana, > 2009- Girls > Biography > Syria Refugee children > Syria > Biography Syria > History > Civil War, 2011- > Personal narratives Syria > Social life and customs > 21st century Personal narratives. Autobiographies.
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Summary:	When seven-year-old Bana Alabed took to Twitter to describe the horrors she and her family were experiencing in war-torn Syria, her heartrending messages touched the world and gave a voice to millions of innocent children.
Physical Description:	205 pages color illustrations 19 cm
ISBN:	9781501178443 150117844X 9781501178450 1501178458 9781471169557 1471169553
Author Notes:	Bana Alabed, born in 2009 in Aleppo, Syria, is known worldwide for her tweets during the siege of the city in 2016 and for her subsequent calls for peace and an end to all global conflict. Her tweets have earned her legions of admirers around the world by giving a remarkable insight into the daily horrors of life in the city, including airstrikes, hunger, and the prospect of her family's death. In December 2016, Bana and her family were safely evacuated from Aleppo to Turkey. When she grows up, Bana would like to become a teacher, like her mother. Her father is a lawyer, and she has two younger brothers, Noor and Mohamed. She wrote Dear World and My Name Is Bana .