Little Amal – The Walk

Little Amal, the internationally acclaimed 12-foot puppet of a ten-year old refugee girl, will visit Hull this September as part of the Yorkshire Integration Festival celebrations, which aim to raise awareness of the experiences of refugees and celebrate the resilience of refugee communities.

Little Amal’s Yorkshire journey will bring her to Hull on Sunday 22 September. She will visit Pearson Park where she will help celebrate the diversity of the city’s communities. Among those participating in the event will be Hull’s renowned Freedom Chorus, children from local schools and youth organisations, and volunteers from the city’s many voluntary organisations.  There will be stalls, games, food, music, and dancing evoking the culture and heritage of many of Hull’s refugees.

These events are part of ‘The Walk’, an artistic production which, since 2021, has travelled to 166 towns and cities in 17 countries.  Amal has been welcomed by two million people on the street and by tens of millions online. She has become a global symbol of human rights, especially those of refugees.