Janna is a young Palestinian girl living in the West Bank who acts as a citizen journalist, documenting the daily realities of military occupation using her mother's smartphone. Though she wishes she could engage in typical childhood activities like dancing and playing in a "pink" world, she takes on the immense responsibility of reporting injustices. She is remarkably perceptive, resilient, and brave, challenging armed forces and projecting a strength far beyond her small physical size.

The armed forces operating in the West Bank who maintain checkpoints, conduct nighttime raids, and clash with Palestinian youths. They are the primary subjects of Janna's journalism, as she records their actions to show the world. The speaker directly addresses them throughout the poem, asking what they could possibly want from a young child and cautioning them that she is watching their every move.

The objective voice of the poem who observes and chronicles the life of the tiny journalist. The speaker acts as a protective and admiring witness to the young girl's bravery, occasionally adopting a first-person plural perspective to represent the broader Palestinian community. Through warnings directed at the occupying forces and intimate observations of the child's methods, the speaker voices the collective hopes and grief of the people.

Mustafa is Janna's cousin, whose life is lost to the ongoing violence in the West Bank. His death serves as a deeply personal tragedy that profoundly affects Janna, fueling her drive to participate in demonstrations and document the struggles of her community.

Rushdie is Janna's uncle, another victim of the regional conflict whose murder brings the political struggle directly to the family's doorstep. The poem hints at his loss as one of the significant prices the family pays for their existence and resistance.

The grandmother is a familial figure whose shiny buttons are described as precious family treasures in the poem. These buttons symbolize the sentimental and human value of the family's history, standing in sharp contrast to the militarized world surrounding them.

She is the mother of the young journalist, having moved her family from the United States back to the West Bank. She owns the iPhone that her daughter borrows to record videos and document the military presence in their hometown of Nabi Saleh.