Ali lost his hearing at five months old after a bomb struck his home in war-ravaged Aleppo, Syria. His mother, Fatima, led her family on a perilous journey to Europe in hopes he could get the surgery he needs to get better.
Four-year-old Ali* recently arrived on Lesbos with his family after safely making the treacherous sea crossing from Turkey to the Greek island. He’s one of the thousands of people fleeing violence in Syria and other countries in crisis who are landing on Europe’s shores each day.
In 2011, when Ali was only five months old, a bomb fell from the sky and struck his home in Aleppo, one of Syria’s most war-ravaged cities.