A November event in Inglewood, California, celebrated resilience and new beginnings with a powerful dance, music and spoken-word performance. Director and choreographer Debbie Allen created a kaleidoscope of swirling monarch butterflies, echoing Amal’s migration journey. Little Amal is a 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee child that has become a global symbol of human rights, especially those of refugees.

(Video by Gina Belafonte, Jonathan Williams, Enoch Oyetunji/Special for Cronkite News)

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Little Amal, Queen of the Monarchs and symbol of human rights in 360

by Gina Belafonte, Jonathan Williams and Enoch Oyetunji, Cronkite News
December 6, 2023

<h1>Little Amal, Queen of the Monarchs and symbol of human rights in 360</h1>
<p class="byline">by Gina Belafonte, Jonathan Williams and Enoch Oyetunji, Cronkite News <br />December 6, 2023</p>
<p>A November event in Inglewood, California, celebrated resilience and new beginnings with a powerful dance, music and spoken-word performance. Director and choreographer Debbie Allen created a kaleidoscope of swirling monarch butterflies, echoing Amal’s migration journey. Little Amal is a 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee child that has become a global symbol of human rights, especially those of refugees. </p>
<p>https://youtu.be/2sv2jwQLhe0</p>
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Little Amal, Queen of the Monarchs and symbol of human rights in 360

Gina Belafonte, Jonathan Williams and Enoch Oyetunji, Cronkite News
December 6, 2023

A November event in Inglewood, California, celebrated resilience and new beginnings with a powerful dance, music and spoken-word performance. Director and choreographer Debbie Allen created a kaleidoscope of swirling monarch butterflies, echoing Amal’s migration journey. Little Amal is a 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee child that has become a global symbol of human rights, especially those of refugees. 

https://youtu.be/2sv2jwQLhe0

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