A 7-year-old girl from Syria who was desperately trying to get hold of a copy of the first Harry Potter book got a helping hand from J.K. Rowling herself. Little Bana Alabed and her mum Fatemah regularly tweet about the realities of living in the middle of a war zone in East Aleppo. Earlier this week, Fatemah sent out a plea to author Rowling on Twitter saying that Bana had watched the Harry Potter film and now desperately wanted to read the book, but couldn't get hold of a copy. Bana loves to read, particularly as it helps her forget for a moment all that is going on around her. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">Hi <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling">@jk_rowling</a> I watched Harry Potter movie, Bana would like to read the book.- Fatemah <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Aleppo?src=hash">#Aleppo</a>— Bana Alabed (@AlabedBana) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlabedBana/status/800659684453732352">November 21, 2016</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>And proving that muggles can perform magic too, J.K Rowling made it happen. She first replied to say she really hoped Bana got to read the book, but with deliveries in and out of Aleppo proving extremely difficult, she and her team had to think of another way to get it to her. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling">@jk_rowling</a> she wants to but we don't have it here. We watched the movie before. How do we get?— Bana Alabed (@AlabedBana) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlabedBana/status/800667159743565824">November 21, 2016</a></blockquote>They quickly came up with a solution - eBooks. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/ImNickySummer">@ImNickySummer</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AlabedBana">@AlabedBana</a> Ebooks.— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/801380943374258176">November 23, 2016</a></blockquote>Rowling's team got in touch and just two days after Bana's mum sent the original tweet, the little girl shared this update. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">My friend <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling">@jk_rowling</a> how are you? Thank you for the book, love you from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Aleppo?src=hash">#Aleppo</a>. - Bana <a href="https://t.co/c84b4Zux0G">pic.twitter.com/c84b4Zux0G</a>— Bana Alabed (@AlabedBana) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlabedBana/status/801368358914576386">November 23, 2016</a></blockquote>As one person commented later on Twitter: "You and your team really are magic!"

J.K. Rowling organises for little girl in Aleppo to get the first Harry Potter book

By Asda Good Living,24th November 2016

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