--- title: Harry Potter: JK Rowling Sends Book to Syrian Girl in Aleppo description: J.K. Rowling has sent a Harry Potter book to a young Syrian girl in Aleppo following a plea by the girl's mother via Twitter. canonical: https://time.com/4581632/jk-rowling-harry-potter-book-syria/ author: Suyin Haynes article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-23T17:38:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:56.007Z og:title: J.K. Rowling Grants Young Syrian Girl’s Wish and Sends Her a ‘Harry Potter’ Book og:description: J.K. Rowling has sent a Harry Potter book to a young Syrian girl in Aleppo following a plea by the girl's mother via Twitter. og:url: https://time.com/4581632/jk-rowling-harry-potter-book-syria/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: J.K. Rowling Grants Young Syrian Girl’s Wish and Sends Her a ‘Harry Potter’ Book twitter:description: J.K. Rowling has sent a Harry Potter book to a young Syrian girl in Aleppo following a plea by the girl's mother via Twitter. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # J.K. Rowling Grants Young Syrian Girl’s Wish and Sends Her a _Harry Potter_ Book by [Suyin Haynes](https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Nov 23, 2016 5:38 PM UTC by [Suyin Haynes](https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Nov 23, 2016 5:38 PM UTC [J.K. Rowling](http://time.com/4538245/jk-rowling-tweet-donald-trump/?iid=sr-link1) has sent a _Harry Potter_ book to a young Syrian girl in Aleppo following a plea by the girl’s mother via Twitter. According to the description on the [Twitter Moment,](https://twitter.com/i/moments/801402266922156037) 7-year-old Bana lives in eastern Aleppo, which has been at the center of the ongoing [Syrian civil war.](http://time.com/4577994/aleppo-hospitals-syria-airstrikes/?iid=sr-link1) The city’s last functioning hospital was bombed late last week. On Monday, Bana’s mother, who manages her daughter’s Twitter account, sent a public message to Rowling asking if there was any way to receive one of her [best-selling novels.](http://time.com/4579523/rowling-fantastic-beasts-timeline/?iid=sr-link3) Now it seems that Bana’s wish has come true, as she tweeted her thanks and love to Rowling on Wednesday after receiving an ebook from the author’s team. > [](https://twitter.com/AlabedBana/status/800659684453732352) > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/800665908582563840) > [](https://twitter.com/AlabedBana/status/800667159743565824) > [](https://twitter.com/NeilBlairTBP/status/800700605480206336) > [](https://twitter.com/AlabedBana/status/801368358914576386) > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/801380404016058368) Harry Potter: JK Rowling Sends Book to Syrian Girl in Aleppo ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4581632/jk-rowling-harry-potter-book-syria/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4581632/jk-rowling-harry-potter-book-syria/"},"headline":"J.K. Rowling Grants Young Syrian Girl’s Wish and Sends Her a Harry Potter Book","datePublished":"2016-11-23T17:38:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:56.007Z","description":"The author responded in a heartfelt Twitter exchange","url":"https://time.com/4581632/jk-rowling-harry-potter-book-syria/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Harry Potter","J.K. Rowling","Syrian Civil War"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Suyin Haynes","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4581632/jk-rowling-harry-potter-book-syria/","name":"J.K. Rowling Grants Young Syrian Girl’s Wish and Sends Her a Harry Potter Book"}}]}] ```