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I’m 14. I love life and people. I want be famous, a writer, actress, journalist or a photographer. I like photography because it expresses things without words.

I’m 17. I am passionate about ancient times. I like freedom. I like photography to show people, whether they are sad or not, whether they are like us or not.

My name is Leila, I’m 11. My favourite colour is blue. I love playing with a Barbie. Photography is my hobby. I love to take photos of sunsets and the sea.

I love football. I love photography because it is something new. I love taking photos of nature, and birds and sunsets. Thank you!

I love people and I love imagining things. I don’t like to upset anyone. I love photography and taking photos of people that show how they live. I’m 15.

I am from Syria, from Aleppo, next to the citadel. I love nature and swimming and playing playstation. I am afraid of love. I like walking under the rain.

I love photography, drawing, music, fashion. And I love people, life and the sea. I am calm but not always, only during classes. I want to be a journalist.

I’m 14 and I love sunsets and my favourite game is monopoly. I’m from Syria. My hobby is photography. I love to take photos of the mountains and the sunset.

I’m 15. I am from Syria from Aleppo. I am very stubborn and I like fashion and photography. I like my friends and my parents and my doll which is called Moody.

I’m 11 and I like sport, especially football. My favourite colour is red. I love to take photos of the sunset and nature.

I’m 12. I love Mulukhiya (stew with chicken and greens) and potatoes. I love photography because I want to learn something new. I love taking photos of nature.

I’m 16. I love photography and life. I like to learn new things. I would like to become a hairdresser. I wish all the problems in my country Lebanon would stop.