Little Amal demands empathy, the puppet of a vulnerable, naive girl who is in a strange place after surviving a long ordeal alone. “The reason why we're finishing in San Diego is that there’s just such a thin line between the United States and Mexico.” “Obviously there’s a lot of specific points in our American history that we felt that we needed to address and that’s the reason why we’re starting in Boston,” says Enrico Dau Yang Wey, lead puppeteer and co-associate artistic director. Stops are also planned for Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta, the Tennessee cities of Nashville and Memphis, New Orleans, the Texas cities of Austin, Houston, San Antonio and El Paso, as well as the California cities of Los Angeles and San Diego. “I think that’s part of what we’re trying to create when walking into places that have a beautiful, complicated, defining history.” “There is something in the act of welcoming a stranger which redefines you,” says Amir Nizar Zuabi, the artistic director. Capitol, Boston Common, Joshua Tree National Park and the Edmund Pettus Bridge among other sites during a trek which starts in Boston on Sept. The puppet of the 10-year-old girl will visit the U.S. NEW YORK - NEW YORK (AP) - Little Amal, a 12-foot (3.7-meter) puppet of a Syrian refugee, will journey across the United States this fall, visiting key places in America's history to raise awareness about immigration and migration.
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