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Title: Jarash Camp, East Jordan.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. UNRWA/T/ESJJE/4. Arabic writing class in the 5th elementary B. UNRWA tented school: Jerash Emergency Camp (pop. 11,000) East Jordan.
Creator Name(s): United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. (publisher)
Date Created: 1968, circa 1968-1969
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Jordan--Jarash., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Jordan--Jarash., Refugees--Education--Jordan--Jarash., Refugee camps--Jordan--Jarash.
Geographic subjects: Jordan, Jarash., Jordan, Jarash., Jordan, Jarash., Jordan, Jarash., \tJarash (Jordan), Asia--Jordan--Jarash
Physical Location: RG 529, Box 97, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Church World Service Records, 1911-2000.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-529
Identifier (local): ds7175
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288013

Title: Jarash Camp, East Jordan.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. UNRWA/T/ESJJE/3. Arabic writing class in the 5th elementary B. UNRWA tented school: Jerash Emergency Camp (pop. 11,000) East Jordan.
Creator Name(s): United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. (publisher)
Date Created: 1968, circa 1968-1969
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Jordan--Jarash., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Jordan--Jarash., Refugees--Education--Jordan--Jarash., Refugee camps--Jordan--Jarash.
Geographic subjects: Jordan, Jarash., Jordan, Jarash., Jordan, Jarash., Jordan, Jarash., \tJarash (Jordan), Asia--Jordan--Jarash
Physical Location: RG 529, Box 97, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Church World Service Records, 1911-2000.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-529
Identifier (local): ds7177
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288037

Title: Jisr el Bacha Refugee Camp, Lebanon.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. UNRWA/ESLJB/1. UNRWA/UNESCO primary school children: UNRWA's Jisr el Bacha Refugee Camp (pop. 1,230): near Beirut Lebanon. 989 Credit UNRWA photo by: Kay Brennan.
Creator Name(s): Brennan, Kay. (photographer), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. (publisher)
Date Created: 1961, circa 1961-1969
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Lebanon., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Lebanon., Refugees--Education--Lebanon., Refugee camps--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects: Lebanon., Lebanon., Lebanon., Lebanon., Lebanon., Asia--Lebanon
Physical Location: RG 529, Box 97, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Church World Service Records, 1911-2000.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-529
Identifier (local): ds7176
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288023

Title: Nabatieh Camp School near Sidon, Lebanon.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. UNRWA/ESLA/5A. Nabatieh Camp School near Sidon, Lebanon. At UNRWA's school in Nabatieh refugee camp, as in all of the 425 UNRWA-UNESCO schools, the curriculum of the host countries is followed, in order that the pupils may later sit for the state examinations. UNRWA places great emphasis on education for young refugees, and devotes some 40 per cent of its funds to educations and vocational training. There are presently more than 170,000 refugee children enrolled in UNRWA schools and another 60,000 who attend government or private schools with aid from UNRWA. 976.
Creator Name(s): United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. (publisher)
Date Created: 1961, circa 1961-1969
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Lebanon--Nabaṭīyat al-Taḥta., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Lebanon--Nabaṭīyat al-Taḥta., Refugees--Education--Lebanon--Nabaṭīyat al-Taḥta., Refugee camps--Lebanon--Nabaṭīyat al-Taḥta.
Geographic subjects: Lebanon, Nabaṭīyat al-Taḥta., Lebanon, Nabaṭīyat al-Taḥta., Lebanon, Nabaṭīyat al-Taḥta., Lebanon, Nabaṭīyat al-Taḥta., Nabaṭīyat al-Taḥta (Lebanon), Asia--Lebanon--Nabatîyé--Nabatîyé
Physical Location: RG 529, Box 97, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Church World Service Records, 1911-2000.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-529
Identifier (local): ds7179
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288028

Title: Nahr el Bared Camp, Lebanon.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. UNRWA/ESLN/13. Education for Young Refugees. Recess at UNRWA's school in Nahr el Bared refugee camp near Tripoli, Lebanon. Since the Palestinians became refugees, the possibility of finding employment, a chance to become self-supporting. Enrolment in UNRWA/UNESCO schools has increased every year since the Agency began operating its own schools in 1951. At that time there were some 43,000 pupils. now there are more than 195,000 refugee children in UNRWA/UNESCO schools and 60,000 more attend private or government schools, most of them with grants from UNRWA. -17.
Creator Name(s): United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. (publisher)
Date Created: 1961, circa 1961-1969
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East., Nahr al-Bārid (Refugee camp)
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Lebanon., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Lebanon., Refugees--Education--Lebanon., Refugee camps--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects: Lebanon., Lebanon., Lebanon., Lebanon., Lebanon., Asia--Lebanon
Physical Location: RG 529, Box 97, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Church World Service Records, 1911-2000.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-529
Identifier (local): ds7168
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288018

Title: Temporary Women's Training Centre, Amman.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. UNRWA/ETJA/1. Temporary Women's Training Centre, Amman. Financed by NEED (Near East Emergency Donations) UNRWA opened, in Amman, Jordan, a new centre to provide vocational and teacher training for young Palestine refugee women. Since the hostilities of June 1967 these girls, all of whose families are living in East Jordan, no longer have access to the Women's Training Centre in Ramallah, which is on the West Bank. This building, which has been rented, will eventually be replaced by a permanent centre. 7127.
Creator Name(s): United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. (publisher)
Date Created: 1967, circa 1967-1969
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Jordan., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Jordan., Refugees--Education--Jordan.
Geographic subjects: Jordan., Jordan., Jordan., Jordan., Asia--Jordan
Physical Location: RG 529, Box 97, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Church World Service Records, 1911-2000.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-529
Identifier (local): ds7169
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288022

Title: Tulkarem Camp, Jordan.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. UNRWA/ESJT/2. Half of the Palestine refugees are under 18 years old. Education is therefore a vital element of aid. UNRWA, in cooperation with UNESCO, offers nine years of elementary and preparatory education to all refugee children; 180,000 are now being educated in UNRWA-UNESCO schools. UNRWA also subsidizes the education of more than 50,000 refugee pupils in government or private schools. These boys at morning rollcall attend the UNRWA school in Tulkarem Camp in Jordan, which has a population of more than 8,000 refugees.
Creator Name(s): United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. (publisher)
Date Created: 1961, circa 1961-1969
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Ṭūlkarm., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Ṭūlkarm., Refugees--Education--Ṭūlkarm., Refugee camps--Ṭūlkarm.
Geographic subjects: Ṭūlkarm., Ṭūlkarm., Ṭūlkarm., Ṭūlkarm., Ṭūlkarm., Asia--West Bank--Tulkarm
Physical Location: RG 529, Box 97, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Church World Service Records, 1911-2000.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-529
Identifier (local): ds7167
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288033

Title: UNRWA Men's Training Centre, Ramallah.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. UNRWA/ETJR/24. Recreation at Ramallah Men's Teacher Training Centre: near Jerusalem. Recreation is an integral part of the Ramallah Men's Teachers Training Centre. Ramallah Centre, like all UNRWA vocational training centres is residential and provides a programme designed to give its students the opportunity for all-round development. The majority of the students were either born in or spent much of their lives in refugee camps. As a result, they have not had the time to develop work habits or discipline and were unsuited for almost any sort of employment. The two year course at the UNRWA Teacher Training Centre does much to help the boys gain self-reliance and enables them to contribute constructively to the future of the Middle East. The capacity of the school in 400 with 200 new students accepted each year. In all UNRWA has established four teacher training centres with a total enrollment of nearly 1,500. Curricula follows closely that of the government centres in their respective countries. Courses include academic lessons, instruction in teaching methods and period of practice teaching in nearby schools. Agency training is unconditional. Graduate students are free to seek employment in Saudi Arabia and other Arab states. Results to date have been excellent. Of the 585 students who graduated from the Ramallah centre in '65, '66 and '67, 390 are employed in Arab countries, 849
Creator Name(s): United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. (publisher)
Date Created: 1968, circa 1968-1969
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Rām Allāh., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Rām Allāh., Refugees--Education--Rām Allāh.
Geographic subjects: Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Asia--Ramallah
Physical Location: RG 529, Box 97, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Church World Service Records, 1911-2000.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-529
Identifier (local): ds7158
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288031

Title: UNRWA Men's Training Centre, Ramallah.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. UNRWA/ETJR/27. Quiet surrounding for study: Ramallah Men's Teacher Training Centre, near Jerusalem. With libraries such as this one at the Ramallah Men's Teacher Training Centre, Arab refugee students are able to concentrate more fully on their studies. All study, recreation and classroom periods of the students are concentrated within the Centre in order to provide the opportunity for better development of the total person. These young men have spent all or a majority of their lives in refugee camps and as a result have not had the opportunity to develop the discipline necessary for an intensive training course. The two year residency course at the Centre does much to help the boys gain self-reliance and enables them to contribute constructively to the future of the Middle East. Ramallah Men's Teacher Training Centre was established in 1960 and expanded in 1962. The capacity of the school is 400 with 200 new students accepted each year. Training is unconditional. Graduate students are free to seek employment in Saudi Arabia and other Arab States. 849.
Creator Name(s): United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, circa 1961-1969
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Rām Allāh., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Rām Allāh., Refugees--Education--Rām Allāh.
Geographic subjects: Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Asia--Ramallah
Physical Location: RG 529, Box 97, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Church World Service Records, 1911-2000.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-529
Identifier (local): ds7163
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288014

Title: UNRWA Men's Training Centre, Ramallah.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. UNRWA/ETJR/25 Science studies for future Arab refugee teachers. Science is an important course of study at UNRWA's Ramallah Men's Teacher Training Centre near Jerusalem. The curriculum is divided into three parts: general studies, professional studies and specialized studies. The two former groups are obligatory for all students. In the field of specialized studies students may select any one of such subjects as Arabic, Social Studies, Mathematics or Science, at a more advanced level according to their abilities and interests. Ramallah Men's Centre is one of four teacher training centres established by UNRWA to give young Arab refugees an opportunity to develop their talents and thus escape from the poverty and frustration of camp life. The two year course at a residential training centre does much to help the boys gain self reliance and to enable them to contribute constructively to the future of the fast developing Middle East. Agency training is unconditional. Graduate students are free to seek employment in Saudi Arabia and other Arab states. Results to date have been excellent. Of the 585 students who graduated from the Ramallah Centre in '65, '66 and '67, 390 are employed in Arab countries.
Creator Name(s): United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. (publisher)
Date Created: 1968, circa 1961-1969
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Rām Allāh., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Rām Allāh., Refugees--Education--Rām Allāh.
Geographic subjects: Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Asia--Ramallah
Physical Location: RG 529, Box 97, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Church World Service Records, 1911-2000.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-529
Identifier (local): ds7161
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288021

Title: UNRWA Men's Training Centre, Ramallah.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. UNRWA/ETJR/23. Lunch time at Ramallah Men's Teacher Training Centre: Near Jerusalem. The young men enjoying their lunch at the Ramallah Men's Teacher Training Centre near Jerusalem are among the luckier young Arab refugees. Through the UNRWA teacher training programme, they will soon take their place in the Middle East as qualified elementary teachers. Ramallah is one of four teacher training centres established by UNRWA to give young Arab refugees an opportunity to develop their talents and thus escape from the poverty and frustrations of camp life. The two year course at the Centre does much to help the boys gain self-reliance and enables them to contribute constructively to the future of the Middle East. Agency training is unconditional. Graduate students are free to seek employment in Saudi Arabia and other Arab states. Results to date have been excellent. Of the 585 students who graduated from the Ramallah Men's Teacher Training Centre in '65, '66 and '67, 390 are employed in Arab countries. 849
Creator Name(s): United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. (publisher)
Date Created: 1968, circa 1968-1969
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Rām Allāh., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Rām Allāh., Refugees--Education--Rām Allāh.
Geographic subjects: Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Asia--Ramallah
Physical Location: RG 529, Box 97, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Church World Service Records, 1911-2000.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-529
Identifier (local): ds7157
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288026

Title: UNRWA Women's Training Centre, Ramallah.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. UNRWA/EVJR/108. English class at the UNRWA Ramallah Women's Training Centre: near Jerusalem, West Bank of Jordan.
Creator Name(s): United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. (publisher)
Date Created: 1961, circa 1961-1969
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Rām Allāh., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Rām Allāh., Refugees--Education--Rām Allāh.
Geographic subjects: Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Asia--Ramallah
Physical Location: RG 529, Box 97, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Church World Service Records, 1911-2000.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-529
Identifier (local): ds7154
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288029

Title: UNRWA Women's Training Centre, Ramallah.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. UNRWA/EVJR/100. The first year dressmaking class at UNRWA'a Women's Training Centre, Ramallah, West Bank: December 1968. Twenty-eight Palestine Arab refugee girls from the West Bank and Gaza are starting their studies to become professional dressmakers at the UNRWA Ramallah Vocational Training Centre for Women. The dressmaking course takes three years. 8128.
Creator Name(s): United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. (publisher)
Date Created: 1968, December 1968, December 1968
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Rām Allāh., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Rām Allāh., Refugees--Education--Rām Allāh.
Geographic subjects: Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Asia--Ramallah
Physical Location: RG 529, Box 97, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Church World Service Records, 1911-2000.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-529
Identifier (local): ds7178
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288034

Title: UNRWA Women's Training Centre, Ramallah.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. UNRWA/EVJR/104. Hiyam Shukri Ajlouni, student in the hairdressing and beauty course at the UNRWA Women's Training Centre, Ramallah near Jerusalem, West Bank of Jordan. (Capacity 640).
Creator Name(s): United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. (publisher)
Date Created: 1961, circa 1961-1969
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East., Ajlouni, Hiyam Shukri.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Rām Allāh., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Rām Allāh., Refugees--Education--Rām Allāh.
Geographic subjects: Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Asia--Ramallah
Physical Location: RG 529, Box 97, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Church World Service Records, 1911-2000.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-529
Identifier (local): ds7155
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288016

Title: UNRWA Women's Training Centre, Ramallah.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. UNRWA/EVJR/109. Study time in the library at the UNRWA Ramallah Women's Training Centre: near Jerusalem, West Bank of Jordan.
Creator Name(s): United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. (publisher)
Date Created: 1961, circa 1961-1969
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Rām Allāh., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Rām Allāh., Refugees--Education--Rām Allāh.
Geographic subjects: Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Asia--Ramallah
Physical Location: RG 529, Box 97, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Church World Service Records, 1911-2000.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-529
Identifier (local): ds7156
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288017

Title: UNRWA Women's Training Centre, Ramallah.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. UNRWA/EVJR/105. Elizabeth Yacoub Jaber, student in the business education course at the UNRWA Women's Training Centre, Ramallah, near Jerusalem, West Bank of Jordan. (Capacity 640.)
Creator Name(s): United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. (publisher)
Date Created: 1961, circa 1961-1969
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East., Jaber, Elizabeth Yacoub.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Rām Allāh., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Rām Allāh., Refugees--Education--Rām Allāh.
Geographic subjects: Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Rām Allāh., Asia--Ramallah
Physical Location: RG 529, Box 97, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Church World Service Records, 1911-2000.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-529
Identifier (local): ds7153
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288025

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