| Revision as of 08:13, 7 December 2016 edit2601:401:502:14aa:59d4:d1ec:5c37:9f41 (talk) →Work: UpdatedTags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit← Previous edit | Revision as of 12:52, 7 December 2016 edit undoSilicondale (talk | contribs)137 edits →CriticismNext edit → | ||
| Line 39: | Line 39: | ||
| ==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||
| Her account was criticized by various media outlets, and her parents were accused of using their child as a ] tool. In addition, her father reportedly works in a local council in southeastern Aleppo controlled by ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://21stcenturywire.com/2016/11/29/child-exploitation-who-is-bana-of-aleppo/|title=SYRIA: Child Exploitation: Who is ‘Bana of Aleppo’?|first=|last=21wire|date=30 November 2016|publisher= 21st Century Wire}}</ref> | Her account was criticized by various media outlets, and her parents were accused of using their child as a ] tool. In addition, her father reportedly works in a local council in southeastern Aleppo controlled by ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://21stcenturywire.com/2016/11/29/child-exploitation-who-is-bana-of-aleppo/|title=SYRIA: Child Exploitation: Who is ‘Bana of Aleppo’?|first=|last=21wire|date=30 November 2016|publisher= 21st Century Wire}}</ref> | ||
| Furthermore there are serious doubts about the objective existence of Bana Alabed and her family, in east Aleppo or indeed anywhere else. These doubts have been summarised in in which Patrick Evans of the BBC is identified as possibly involved in the deception. | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 12:52, 7 December 2016
| An editor has nominated this article for deletion. You are welcome to participate in the deletion discussion, which will decide whether or not to retain it.Feel free to improve the article, but do not remove this notice before the discussion is closed. For more information, see the guide to deletion. Find sources: "Bana al-Abed" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR%5B%5BWikipedia%3AArticles+for+deletion%2FBana+Alabed%5D%5DAFD |
 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
| Bana Alabed | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2009 |
| Nationality |  Syria |
| Years active | 2016 — present |
Bana Alabed (born 2009) (Template:Lang-ar) is a Syrian girl who Tweets from Aleppo with the help of her mother. Most of her tweets are about airstrikes, death, fear, hunger, longing for childhood in her area, the al-Bab district of eastern Aleppo, calls for peace, and photos and videos.
Work
Alabed's account, @AlabedBana, was made on September 24, 2016. It is managed by her mother, Fatemah, who was an English teacher. Alabed also reportedly wanted to be a teacher, but had stopped going to school because of the war which saw her school destroyed. She received an ebook copy of Harry Potter from J. K. Rowling in November after tweeting about how she couldn't obtain a physical copy locally. Her family's house was destroyed during a bombing later that month but she and her family stated they survived with minor injuries.
On December 4, 2016, during the 17th Aleppo offensive, her account was temporarily taken down. The account was back up within two days and she has been tweeting since. She has over 100,000 followers and is verified. She opposes the Russian military intervention in Syria.
Her father is a lawyer who works at a legal center in rebel-held southeastern Aleppo. She has two younger brothers, Noor and Mohamed.
Criticism
Her account was criticized by various media outlets, and her parents were accused of using their child as a propaganda tool. In addition, her father reportedly works in a local council in southeastern Aleppo controlled by Jaysh Halab. Furthermore there are serious doubts about the objective existence of Bana Alabed and her family, in east Aleppo or indeed anywhere else. These doubts have been summarised in a blog by Barbara Mckenzie in which Patrick Evans of the BBC is identified as possibly involved in the deception.
References
- "Aleppo girl's Twitter appeals for peace capture world's attention".
- "7-year-old Bana Alabed tweets her life in besieged Aleppo, the horror of Syria airstrikes". Daily Sabah.
- "The seven-year-old girl tweeting the horrors of war in her Aleppo neighbourhood". Telegraph.
- Metro.co.uk, Jimmy Nsubuga for (25 November 2016). "JK Rowling sends Harry Potter books to girl in Syrian warzone". Metro.
- Bogart, Nicole. "Syrian girl with viral Twitter account trapped in Aleppo, family worried army will target them". Global News.
- "Where's Bana? Seven-Year-Old Syrian Girl Goes Quiet".
- "Aleppo tweeting girl Bana Alabed 'is safe'". BBC. 5 December 2016 – via www.bbc.com.
- Molloy, David (2 October 2016). "Meet the seven-year-old girl tweeting from Aleppo". BBC – via www.bbc.com.
- "'I saw deaths and I almost died': Read seven-year-old's harrowing tweets from inside war-torn Aleppo".
- 21wire (30 November 2016). "SYRIA: Child Exploitation: Who is 'Bana of Aleppo'?". 21st Century Wire.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)