After travelling more than 5,000 miles and making stops in villages, towns, and cities across Europe, Little Amal was first greeted by a jovial crowd outside Oxford Botanic Garden before she ventured inside to meet a giant puppet of Lewis Carroll’s Alice, provided by the Story Museum, Lead Producer of Amal’s journey in Oxford.Â
Amal has been welcomed by refugee children with handmade lanterns in Turkey and met the Pope at the Vatican, ​​but points along her journey have also mirrored the hostility and fear frequently thrust upon refugees.