Hey, it's Manouche. We have recently had a very special visitor here in New York City.

Before she came to meet thousands of New Yorkers, she walked all the way across Europe.

Her name is Amal, and if you haven't met her, she has an amazing story,

which we happened to tell on an episode from last year. Please listen and enjoy.

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And today we're going to begin with a little girl on a long journey. Amal.

She's called Amal, which in Arabic means hope. She's very curious. She's a bit mischievous.

She's got very vivid, expressive eyes. This is Amir Nazar's Wabing.

She left Syria. She's from Rif Halab, from the area of Aleppo. She left her house in one of the

rounds of the violence, then was in the refugee camp still around the border when she lost her

family in the mayhem of war and conflicts like many children do.

I think the first thing that you see when you look at Amal is something very sad, but at the same

time very strong. But Amal isn't just any child. Yeah, this nine-year-old Syrian girl is actually

a three and a half meter puppet. She's three and a half meters or eleven feet tall.

She's very, very big, which is part of the idea. You know, she's very visible because a lot of

these kids aren't visible. So in a way, she's lucky. You can't ignore her.

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