Grandmothers with rifles

Grannies with Kalashnikovs became the symbols of the Syrian fight against Islamic militants.

Three grannies and a baby

Militsa Kamvisi, 83, Eustratia Mavrapidi, 89, and her cousin Maritsa Mavrapidi, 85, suddenly hear a baby crying. The mother was holding it in her arms, was trying to bottle feed it. Her clothes were wet, the baby didn’t want the milk.

“Hey, girl, bring the baby over, I’ll feed it,” Militsa told the mother in Greek, a language she could not understand. But granny’s face expression and accompanying gesture were very clear and broke the language barrier. Milits took the baby boy in her arms, gave it the bottle, she started to sing a lullaby together with her friends.

105-year-old Granny

Donkey, dinghy and her grandsons arms carried Nazari from Afghanistan to Lesbos. The UNHCR tweeted her photo to show the amazing courage and fortitude.