The 3.7m puppet has visited 15 countries and toured 160 towns since 2021.
Londonderry has welcomed a giant puppet of a child refugee to the city during the latest leg of her tour of Northern Ireland.
Hundreds of people greeted Little Amal, a 10-year-old Syrian refugee whose name means 'hope' in Arabic, to the city on Monday afternoon.Artistic director, and Amal’s creator, Adrian Kohler said she represents the world’s many “isolated children, parentless children”."She does not speak, she does not understand English," he explained.
"The audience projects onto her their knowledge of a child that may be abandoned or in need of assistance. That’s how we hope she works."Organisers of the project say it aims to highlight the stories of the millions of displaced refugee children she represents.She began her visit to Derry at Ebrington Square before making her way across the Peace Bridge to the Guildhall and onto Free Derry Corner.
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