A 6-year-old girl with eyes the color of dark chocolate walks into an exam room in a clinic in downtown Beirut.

It's evident that Kenzi Madhoun has a flare for fashion. She's wearing a white dress with tassles. Her face is framed beneath a pink straw hat that covers a scar above her hairline. On her left hand, there's an inked outline of a little heart.

Her right arm, however, is missing.

She's been through surgeries in Egypt and Turkey. But her father, Adam Madhoun, has brought her to Lebanon hoping for something better.

"What I wish for is for her to live normally, to do whatever she wants to do," he says through an interpreter. "There are games that need two hands. Or when she wants to wear her clothes. The simplest things."

The Madhouns are here today to visit with Dr. Ghassan A

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