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She lives in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, with her family
She has four siblings; she is the third child in the family.Nur loves creative play – crafting, making horses and utensils out of mud,
making a chicken coop from bamboo, that sort of thing, and she loves studying too
She is very shy and introverted
She does everything silently and plays alone
Perhaps she just loves spending time alone
She is a girl who wants to create something new by herself and doesn’t want to copy from others.While I was talking this picture, I was
totally surprised to see her playing like this with trees
She collected the caps of water bottles to plant things in
She hopes to grow many trees because there have been accidental fires in the camp, and a lot of trees have burned down
People in the camp suffer a lot due to the unbearable heat, especially in summer, so the Rohingya here plant as much as they can, hoping to
create a fresh green environment with cool space under the trees.Nur has seen her grandmother plant trees near to their shelter, so she is
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This article first appeared/also appeared in theguardian.com
