BBCNEWS BBC World News June 4, 2024 23:07:00
When she was three, her home in syria was hit by government shelling setting her bedclothes on fire. her sister amma's burns were more severe. in 2012 we filmed amma having surgery on herface. she had so many operations over the years, so many surgical procedures, herfamily have literally lost count. rahaf herself has had 12, one for every year of her life, but nothing she has been through can match the agony of losing her sister who was also her best friend. this was the last photo taken of amma before she got ill last year with an infection her body couldn't fight.