I was getting a cup of tea last Wednesday when I saw a copy of The New York Times. A girl from Aleppo, Syria appeared on the cover, in a photo by Muzzafar Salman. She’d lost her home in a missile strike the day before.
This lullaby is for her.
To be powerful is to be fragile.      — Ai Weiwei
Postscript, March 2013:
After publishing this post, I connected with Nadia Muhanna, a Syrian writer I found online. Nadia knows the photographer of the Aleppo girl, Muzaffar Salman, and interviewed him on her blog. She kindly forwarded this post to him, and then shared it on her blog. It’s an honor to know that Muzaffar has heard the lullaby his photograph inspired. Thank you, Nadia, for your support.
This is absolutely beautiful.
Thank you, Gina
Really nice! Who’s singing? Is it Nour?
Hello, Hassan, it’s me singing.
Whitney, this is beautiful. It brought tears to my eyes and joy to my heart. It is obvious how truly connected you feel to this faraway girl. You used your art to express your feelings and help us get in touch with ours.
Meg, thank you, I think about the Aleppo girl every day.