To The Aleppo Twitter Girl And Her Mother: A Personal Invitation To Steemit by stellabelle

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To The Aleppo Twitter Girl And Her Mother: A Personal Invitation To Steemit
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Image Source: [Bana al-Abed's Twitter](https://twitter.com/AlabedBana?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor)

The news just announced today that the girl Twitter made famous from Aleppo, Bana al-Abed and her mother, Fatemah, have made it out alive from East Aleppo. There was a bit of controversy surrounding her identity, but a video showing Bana and her mother, Fatemah, which just came out today has put all that to rest:

https://youtu.be/-qWiPGtlf-E

Like everyone else watching this horror show unfold before my eyes, I had a feeling of helplessness when confronted with such ongoing atrocities. I thought to myself, _thankfully Bana and her mother have made it out alive_, but still I wondered what I could personally do to improve the lives of refugees like Bana. I think I can help and I'm writing this in the hopes that somehow it will reach Bana and her mother. I'll be sending it directly to her Twitter profile, but any help with sharing this message would be appreciated.

# Bana and her tragic story of experiencing war have generated huge amounts of money for the networks, websites, social media platforms and news stations that broadcasted it. 

But none of that revenue went directly to Bana and her mother; instead, it found its way into the pockets of owners and shareholders of those networks. I think it's time for Bana and her mother to be rewarded directly.

## Dear Bana and Fatemah,

I realize I cannot change your circumstances or make things instantly better. But I want to help in some way, with the tools I currently have. I am deeply disturbed by the events in Aleppo and no amount of words will be able to express how badly I felt when I learned about the reality of Aleppo. But I also realize I can never truly know what it was like for you to experience such destruction with your own eyes. You both have so many stories to tell. And I, like so many others, are so happy you are alive.

## Twitter has helped the world find out about you and your family's tragic experience in Aleppo. Your story has greatly enriched the news networks around the globe and now I think it's time for the world to reward you back. 

I'm writing this letter on a new social media platform called [Steemit.com](https://steemit.com) and it has been designed to reward those who write and engage on it.  It's very similar to the social networks you already use like Twitter and Facebook, but it's different in one respect: the Steemit community upvotes people's stories and those upvotes can earn you digital points, called Steem, which then can be converted into Bitcoin. It's free to join [Steemit.com](https://steemit.com) and all refugees are welcome. We are all anxiously waiting your arrival because we want you to tell your own story and be rewarded directly for your valuable contributions.

After you have joined [Steemit.com](https://steemit.com) you can join Bitnation to gain access to [Refugee Emergency Response services](https://refugees.bitnation.co/). There are several services in Bitnation that can help like the Bitcoin Debit Visa card and Emergency ID cards. 

These are the solutions I know will help you since you're already familiar with sharing your story on Twitter. If you need help figuring out these websites, please reach out and I will assist in any way possible. Here is [my page](https://steemit.com/@stellabelle) on Steemit and on Twitter, I'm [@stellabelle](https://twitter.com/stellabelle). We will be waiting for you in Steemit. Send me a message on Twitter when you make your first post on Steemit, so I can share your story with everyone. 

Sending Well Wishes,

_Stellabelle_

If you're on Twitter, you can follow me there as well: [@stellabelle](https://twitter.com/stellabelle)
I also have a YouTube channel, so if you're into watching somewhat odd videos, have a [look](https://www.youtube.com/user/stellabelle). If you're on Linkedin, guess what, [I'm there too](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stellabelle), maybe you have a good idea we could implement?

My book, [_Un-Crap Your Life: Navigating Life's Crappiest Situations_](https://www.amazon.com/Crap-Your-Life-Navigating-Situations-ebook/dp/B017PBLZPA) is available in ebook or paperback on Amazon.

I also co-authored the official [Steemit 101](https://www.amazon.com/Steemit-101-Discover-Social-Content-ebook/dp/B01HC47NLU) ebook that is available on Amazon for 99 cents.

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@r4fken ·
GTFO with this bullshit, trying to score votes with fake drama. Nobody sane believes this leftwing propaganda
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@kenny-crane ·
I really hope Bana al-Abed and Fatemah see this and join Steemit!  I will Follow her here, and I am sure many others will also.  Thanks for writing this!
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@stellabelle ·
I feel that refugees would really benefit when combined with the services that Bitnation provides. Of course this would be possible only after basic needs were met and reliable cell phone coverage established.
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@kenny-crane ·
Just saw on PBS News that they are being bussed to another Syrian city that may or may not be any better than Aleppo... :/  The entire situation is a real human tragedy.
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@gregm ·
Fantastic, well done! It would be awesome if she actually signs up.
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@countrygirl ·
What a thoughtful idea. It's hard to watch these people suffer and not be able to do anything to help them right now in this moment.
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@thecryptofiend ·
Good to know.  I heard her appeals on the Radio and they were heartbreaking.  At least she is safe.  How many other children like her are already dead though is the sad question.
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@ebryans · (edited)
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Dear @stellabelle, this girl is a fake! She is one of the people exposed in the post I made about the Fake News out of Aleppo and Vanessa Beeley's amazing work. I thought you had read that post!
Please do not give her any sympathy, credence, etc. When we know where the people of Aleppo have settled, they will need support. For now, SCUM like the people behind this girl should be vilified. Here it is [Fake Vloggers](https://www.facebook.com/inthenow/videos/729878757162496/). See full post here: https://steemit.com/fakenews/@ebryans/if-you-do-not-read-a-newspaper-you-are-not-informed-if-you-do-you-are-misinformed-denzel-washington
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@thecryptofiend ·
Interesting. It is hard to know what to believe.
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@ebryans ·
This gives me absolute no pleasure but it is anathema to me why people do not follow decent news. If you follow crap and regurgitate it, it gains credence. Fake News fuels the Mainstream Media and people like Vanessa Beeley, who is in Syria, watch in disbelief as this pile of garbage is believed!
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@ebryans ·
Wouldn't you say they look a bit plump and well to have been hiding under rocks in Aleppo for three years? [Independent Article](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/bana-alabed-seven-year-old-tweeting-aleppo-syria-crisis-putin-assad-a7483866.html#commentsDiv)
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@stellabelle ·
the mother looks very thin and hallowed out. I have no idea who you're referring to, but Fatemah looks like a rail thin ghost.
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@stellabelle · (edited)
actually, I don't think you've read up on recent information by journalist Megan Specia of the New York Times:
"The tweets also forced journalists like myself to ask tough questions about the veracity of the information being shared. I have little doubt that the family is in eastern Aleppo and that Bana’s mother is the woman that I spoke with. I also believe that Bana’s mother is the driving force behind the account, something she makes very clear on the Twitter, though there is no way to know if she has written every tweet.

I was able to geolocate many of the videos shared on her account to a specific cluster of buildings, cross-verify photos with other scenes showing the aftermath of bombings in the Al Shaar district, and dig up clips showing the family sitting alongside well-known Aleppo-based opposition activists." 
Read the rest here: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/insider/bana-al-abed-on-twitter-proof-of-life-in-a-war-zone.html?_r=0

By the way, your article didn't mention Bana al-Abed at all.
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@ebryans · (edited)
Where is Megan Specia and where is Vanessa Beeley. I am sorry but you are playing straight into their hands. America wants Assad, a properly elected man to fail. Of course the NYT carries such an article! They HAVE to. Where is this little girl? Last I heard in Turkey!! Sorry, you are not correctly informed.
And by the way it DID. You need to see the video link. Please be more careful.
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@barrydutton ·
Great idea sister

another way the Blockchain can practically cut out a  pile of noise and directly help people!

This post is likely making it into my new  nightly Top Posts of the Day column!!!  ~ 10 pm EST

Have a nice night you!!
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@ebryans ·
Please don't! This is propaganda - I do appreciate that @stellabelle has incredulous SP but this does matter - I know I don't get as many votes and I do know why - it is called getting vilified for telling the truth.I wrote the first 4 days ago and the second this evening because of this post. I got a total of 26 votes across the two posts. If you have ever wondered why the news is so shit, you should now know:
https://steemit.com/fakenews/@ebryans/if-you-do-not-read-a-newspaper-you-are-not-informed-if-you-do-you-are-misinformed-denzel-washington

 https://steemit.com/aleppo/@ebryans/vanessa-beeley-a-valiant-crusader-for-truth-in-east-aleppo
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@williambanks · (edited)
I donit want to rain on anybody's parade.  I'm reasonably certain this is going to end up coming up and biting me later.  But there is something about this girl's story that doesn't feel right to me.

I am seriously going to be ashamed of myself if I'm wrong.  But this whole thing just does not add up.  The city is in shambles, the infrastructure is ruined.  There is no internet because the Assad govt has blocked it all and cell access isn't possible because their towers were all blown away in air strikes so...

HOW THE HELL IS THIS GIRL TWEETING!!!

If I find out she's got a satphone or something I'm really going to feel like a heel.  But like I said, this whole story really feels like wagging the dog.
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@stellabelle ·
Actually they addressed this issue. #1 they use solar rechargers and she did freely admit that cell coverage is sketchy. There were times/days that no tweets were sent out.  This New York Times article gives the best evidence, as the journalist actually communicated with Bana's mother: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/insider/bana-al-abed-on-twitter-proof-of-life-in-a-war-zone.html?_r=0
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@williambanks · (edited)
Alright, I'll buy it.  If for no other reason than if I'm wrong it's far worse to be the mean guy who didn't believe in the little girl and her family that needed help, and to be the jackass that stood by and did nothing, because he didn't want to be suckered in.  As opposed to being someone who fell for one hell of decent human interest story but it turned out to be fake.

My God I'm turning into a marshmallow.
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@ebryans ·
Dear Sir, thank you for smelling the rat! She did tweet - just not as it is purported - the reason that the news is so bad is the same on steemit as everywhere else. People prefer to read sensation - and for telling the truth I get vilified and ostracised. Small wonder that the world is in such a state! Standards have fallen lower than I had estimated - steemit is just a microcosm of that dreadful fishtank:

https://steemit.com/fakenews/@ebryans/if-you-do-not-read-a-newspaper-you-are-not-informed-if-you-do-you-are-misinformed-denzel-washington

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@ebryans ·
@stellabelle, I saw that 5 days ago. I have to start a new reply because of the 5 message rule. Please hear me - I hope you can see that I hear you! Those vlogs were not from citizens - extant truth on that! The Independent newspaper - Google!! - there is too much to ignore. As I said, being right or wrong is immaterial - we are in Nirvana compared to these people!
My problem is that I have followed The Economist, The Independent, The NYT, The Washington Post, BBC, Al Jazeera. All are compromised. Who are their reporters on the ground? The White Helmets!!!! Funded by the UK and USA. When people talk of Fake News, of course it is fake: the first casualty of war. But Assad who carries a big and I mean big approval rating, is vilified - why? You will never guess ... religion all garbed up and smelling like Mary os the Contrary variety.
Let's work together ... please check out Vanessa - as a valiant spirit and a truly brave soldier in the quest for truth.
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@stellabelle ·
I checked her out. I think the truth comes from those who are there and who know what's going on. Maybe we will find out the truth in the future, who knows? I'm willing to read and look at opposing views, sure.
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@ebryans ·
We are not opposing, I hope! That would be futile. I want what I am sure you want. I will not, however, put up with propaganda such as this. Assad is a properly installed president. The US should not be behaving as it is. I have lived in the US, great country. The US is however, loathed all around the world for exactly tis kind of stuff. I have lived in many other countries. It is sad to see the vilification of a country such as the USA.
As many people have said - it is an oft repeated quote: "Evil happens when good men [and women] stand idly by" - too many people accept what they are fed. I am not trying to be in opposition. Please  - I would be appalled if you thought so. I believe we (you and I) and the steemit community would rather see truth than convenient untruth.
Let us soldier on in unison!
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@stellabelle ·
Ok, where's your link from 5 days ago? I couldn't find an older upload of that exact video.
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@pitterpatter ·
Fake news want it to be confusing and hard to verify news/information/truth.  They don't understand that it ticks the awakened up that they become a growing collective > the critical mass that will crush them > fake media < one day.
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@cryptomancer ·
Just saw this on CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/21/middleeast/bana-alabed-erdogan-aleppo/index.html

I for one choose to believe this girl's story is real, because we all need something to believe in these cruel times, and it's heartening to see she made it safely out of Syria.  What a great post you've written.  I really hope Bana and her mother see it somehow and take your words to heart.  The whole world is rooting for them!
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@stellabelle ·
I think they are definitely real. I think the question is probably is Fatemah's husband a rebel? All of their tweets could have been geared for propaganda, but the point is that this girl and her mom are real people, no matter what side they're on....
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@cryptomancer ·
Good question, but as you say I don't think sides really matter much here.  The horror of war is how it affects so many lives caught in the middle, people just trying to get by and survive from one moment to the next.  Children should never have to go through such an ordeal.  What's happening in Aleppo, and in many other similar places, is so terribly sad.
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