Seven-year-old Bana Alebed tweets to 87,ooo followers every day, sharing news from her life in Aleppo, Syria. Like many kids, she’s a Harry Potter fan, but it’s hard for her to find copies of the books in the middle of a war zone.
After Bana watched one of the Harry Potter movies, her mom Fatemah used Twitter to go straight to the source: J.K. Rowling.
Hi @jk_rowling I watched Harry Potter movie, Bana would like to read the book.- Fatemah #Aleppo
— Bana Alabed (@AlabedBana) November 21, 2016
Bana, I hope you do read the book, because I think you'd like it. Sending you lots and lots of love xxx
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) November 21, 2016
Rowling replied, but Fatemah explained that it’s a more complicated situation than simply hoping Bana can read the book.
she wants to but we don't have it here. We watched the movie before. How do we get?
— Bana Alabed (@AlabedBana) November 21, 2016
I do know that, sadly. I would love to send Bana a book if I could.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) November 21, 2016
With Aleppo currently under siege, Bana and her mother are still able to speak out on Twitter, but something as simple as a book delivery is outside their control.
H/T Mashable