By Andrew Hofstetter NEW YORK (Reuters) – A giant refugee girl puppet, known as “Little Amal,” walked around New York City’s Times Square on Friday, raising awareness of the plight of displaced children seeking safety across borders. The 12-foot-tall (3.66 meters) puppet, whose name means “hope” in Arabic, started her journey at the Syrian-Turkish border in July 2021, met with Ukrainian refugees in Europe, and will visit the city’s five boroughs over the next 2-1/2 weeks. Amal represents a 10-year-old looking for her mother who set out in search of food and never returned, said Peter Avery, di…