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7-Year-Old Refugee Who Tweeted During Aleppo Siege Is Writing A Memoir

7-Year-Old Refugee Who Tweeted During Aleppo Siege Is Writing A Memoir

In 2016, 7-year-old Bana al-Abed gave the world a glimpse into the violent siege of Aleppo, Syria, on her Twitter account. She's since been named "our era's Anne Frank" and amassed over 300,000 followers, communicating the horrors of the Syrian civil war from a child's perspective.

Now, al-Abed will be writing a memoir detailing her life under siege, as well as her journey to overcome it, Entertainment Weekly reports. Dear World, published by Simon & Schuster, will be released in the fall of 2017.

"I hope my book will make the world do something for the children and people of Syria and bring peace to children all over the world who are living in war," al-Abed told EW in a statement.

Al-Abed and her family were able to flee Syria in December and are currently rebuilding their lives in Ankara, Turkey. The little girl is only slightly older than the six-year conflict in Syria and has suffered flashbacks of her traumas in Aleppo, according to CNN.

"I have dreams that I am still in Aleppo and there were more airstrikes," al-Abed told CNN. "I was seeing how children are dying. I get sad and cry."