Yana (The Stone House)

Yana 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 older sister Amira. She liked to plant her dolls claiming that their hair was their roots.

After 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.

After Ummi drowned while crossing the Mediterranean Sea in July 2016, Yana was left with Amira and without means of contacting Baba. Yana died of asphyxiation while being smuggled into England. (PROSE: The Stone House)