Nada to Austria’s NEWS magazine: not afraid “as long as my uncle is with me”
Originally published by the Austrian magazine NEWS; republished by its reporter on 23 August 2013.
Asked by the Austrian magazine NEWS whether she was afraid, eleven-year-old Nada Al-Ahdal gave a short answer: no, “as long as my uncle is with me.” He looks after her, she added (NEWS magazine (Austria), as republished by its reporter, 23 August 2013 · archived copy).
The uncle is Abdel Alahdal, who works as a graphic artist and technician at a television station. Nada described a home shared with him and with her grandmother, who is old and whom he also cared for, and said he had sent her to computer courses (NEWS magazine (Austria), as republished by its reporter, 23 August 2013 · archived copy).
He told the magazine that threats had reached them from Islamists who wanted the story to end. He was engaged, he said, and expected to marry within months, which he thought would be good for Nada (NEWS magazine (Austria), as republished by its reporter, 23 August 2013 · archived copy).
