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Michael and his brother, from Naayem's account

Date: 1910s

Two boys in a doorway, the elder standing in a belted jacket and the younger seated in a sailor-style suit, captioned "Michael and His Brother". They appear in Naayem's account of the massacres of Assyro-Chaldean Christians, likely as survivors.

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Naayem, Shall This Nation Die? (1921), via Internet Archive

Joseph Naayem (author); photographer not named · Published 1921 in New York (Chaldean Rescue); public domain in the United States.

Michael and his brother, from Naayem's account

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