The stories coming out of Syria are usually highly distressing and truly heartbreaking. The story of 3-year-old Maria also started similarly, but this is a tale of joy, not of sorrow.


When she was a one-year-old, Maria’s leg was blown off during an airstrike in Syria. The blast that took place in the Raqqa province also killed all her family members.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiwrivyHJSY

But that hasn’t kept the little one down. She requires a new prosthetic leg every six months as she grows, and a video of her joyous reaction as she gets a new limb is heartwarming.

In the video, you can hear her therapist ask her how she feels, and Maria responds saying, 

I am beautiful.

Netizens were rightly overjoyed at the video, and praised the little girl’s happiness in the face of misery.

It’s truly heartening to see stories like these in times of strife.