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Bana Alabed, the 7-year-old girl who chronicled the horrors of the assault on Aleppo on Twitter, has been safely evacuated from the city._ by [Tara John](https://time.com/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Dec 19, 2016 12:21 PM UTC by [Tara John](https://time.com/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Dec 19, 2016 12:21 PM UTC [Bana Alabed](http://time.com/4590247/syria-bana-alabed-twitter/), the 7-year-old girl who chronicled the horrors of the assault on Aleppo on Twitter, has been safely evacuated from the city. Several photos emerged on Monday that showed the girl and her mother, Fatemah, among a crowd evacuated from the Syrian city of[ Aleppo](http://time.com/4602599/malala-yousafzai-aleppo-syria-children/). The President of the Syrian American Medical Society, Ahmad Tarakji, said on Monday that NGO workers on the ground are assisting Alabed and others. Alabed’s Twitter account, which was operated by Fatemah, went viral in September for describing the horrors of daily life in the besieged city. > [](https://twitter.com/tarakjiahmad/status/810741000855425024) > [](https://twitter.com/rabiih/status/810754316105551872) > [](https://twitter.com/QASIOUN%5FNEWS/status/810791920125575170) J.K. Rowling is among the thousands that took notice of Alabed’s tweets, prompting the author to sent the girl [a digital copy ](http://time.com/4581632/jk-rowling-harry-potter-book-syria/?iid=sr-link3)of _Harry Potter._ But there have been concerns that Alabed’s account was too active for someone in a city that frequently suffers power cuts. Even Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s suggested that her 140-character messages were merely “propaganda,” the [_Washington_ _Post_ reports](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/12/19/bana-al-abed-told-the-world-about-aleppo-on-twitter-now-she-is-safe/?utm%5Fterm=.8c89ed050533). Alabed’s supporters now hope the girl’s appearance on Monday will end criticism of the authenticity of her account. ## Transcript [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Me and Bana want to tell all the world how much kids and all people in East Aleppo, how much they are suffering Suffering, drop bombs, and everything because there is no life there. So we create our Twitter to tell all the world what's happened there. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] I want for my kids. I want a good future, but this is the matter here. They make us leave our country and we can't stay there because there is a lot of bombs and no clean water, no medicine, even they are targeting hospitals and schools. And the schools. 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