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Assyrian refugee women in exile

Date: 1910s

Photograph of women seated on rugs among rolled bedding, a cradle and water jugs, with shoes set out in front, against a mud-brick wall. Courtesy, Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions.

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Werda, The Flickering Light of Asia, or the Assyrian Nation and Church (1924), via Internet Archive

Werda, Joel E. · Public domain in the United States (published before 1931)

Assyrian refugee women in exile

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