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Syriac youth basketball team of Qamishli, 1940

Place: Qamishli · today Syria
Date: 1940

Young players in matching vests with their coach and a ball; the source identifies them as one of the community's earliest sports groups, the "Club of the Two Rivers" (Hudro d-Beth Nahrin).

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Arameans.com Digital Archive (community archive)

Syriac youth basketball team of Qamishli, 1940

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