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Description:
Agricultural missions and rural reconstruction are part of the work in Deir
ez Zor and surrounding area. In this picture a young Palestinian refugee,
Mahmoud Hamad, takes advantage of the current copy of Poultry Journal in the
home of Rev. and Mrs. Carl [ Jean Catherine] Nelson. Mr. Hamad is a teacher
in the government elementary school of agriculture in Deir ez Zor. Personal
friendship with the missionaries meant much to this young man recently when
he lost his wife.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Nelson, Carl, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., Nelson, Jean C.
Topics:
Missions--Agricultural work--Syria--Dayr al-Zawr--20th century., Rural missions--Syria--Dayr al-Zawr--20th century., Church work with refugees--Syria--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Dayr al-Zawr (Syria), Syria--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8161
