Shaharzad, a Refugee Girl, Draws Her Harrowing Journey to Europe

As other children play among the tents of a rain-soaked refugee camp in northern Greece, 8-year-old Shaharzad sits quietly with her spiral notepad...

Shaharzad Hassan, 8 year-old from the Syrian city of Aleppo poses with a drawing she made as people wait in line for food rations at the northern Greek border station of Idomeni, Friday, March 11, 2016. At an overcrowded refugee camp on the Greek-Macedonian border, 8-year-old Shaharzad Hassan draws pictures of the harrowing events in her life over the past 18 months: Pictures of death in her home town of Aleppo, Syria, and her perilous journey to Europe. The title, of this drawing seen at top right reads "Famine" .AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda

IDOMENI, Greece—As other children play among the tents of a rain-soaked refugee camp in northern Greece, 8-year-old Shaharzad Hassan sits quietly with her spiral notepad and a set of cheap marker pens.

The events in her life over the past 18 months have left her in little mood for fun. She prefers to draw. Sitting on the floor of a large tent crammed with 30 other families, she produces pictures of death in her hometown of Aleppo, Syria, and her harrowing journey to Europe.

Shaharzad at the northern Greek border station of Idomeni, on March 11, 2016. AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda