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Jilu Assyrian mother giving her child a drink, 1918

Place: Persia · today Iran
Date: 1918

A Jilu Assyrian refugee woman in a headscarf and layered clothing carries her child on her back and lifts a cup for it to drink. Photographed by Ariel Varges in 1918.

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Wikimedia Commons (copy of Imperial War Museums Q 25095, Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection)

Ariel Varges · Wikimedia Commons license: Public domain ({{PD-UKGov}})

Jilu Assyrian mother giving her child a drink, 1918

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