Amira

Amira was a young girl from Damascus, a city in Syria.

At the beginning of the 21st century, she lived there with her father, mother and younger sister Yana. She studied well and was good in English language.

When she was eight or nine years old, the war started. Baba left the country first.

When a rocket hit their house, Ummi with the girls were forced to start a long journey to London. They left Damascus in a smuggler's car hiding under blankets and bags. At the end of winter of 2016, they arrived at a refugee camp in Kahramanmaras on the Turkish side of the border. Against Ummi's advice, the girls insisted on continuing on their way to London.

Ummi paid for being taken to Greece. In July 2016, the plastic dinghy carrying 120 people including them across the Mediterranean Sea tipped. Amira managed to save Yana's life by embracing her and holding onto a handle. But Ummi drowned leaving Amira to care for Yana on her own. In addition, Amira lost her phone to the sea and, with it, the ability to communicate with Baba.

In London, Amira often prayed to Allah that she sees Baba searching for his lost family. (PROSE: The Stone House)