J.K. Rowling responds to 7-year-old girl tweeting from Syrian war zone

"I think you'd like it."
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Remember Bana Alabed, the little girl who has been tweeting from the war zone in Syria?

Bana's account is controlled by her mother, Fatemah, and they've been making headlines in recent months wile live-tweeting their day-to-day lives from Aleppo, the city at the center of Syria's bloody conflict.

On Monday, Fatemah sent a tweet on behalf of her daughter to J.K. Rowling. They'd just watched a Harry Potter movie, and Fatemah wanted to know about the book.


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And a short while later, Rowling responded.

In Fatemah's follow-up tweet, though, she mentioned that they have no way of accessing the books.

At this point, other people began chipping in.

"I watched with mom," Bana responded when Mashable reached out via Twitter. "I like it."

Her mother Fatemah, meanwhile, confirmed that they are now going to try and access the ebook.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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