10.25377/sussex.7262975.v1 Freja Howat-Maxted Freja Howat-Maxted Leila Sansour Leila Sansour Jacob Norris Jacob Norris Jiryes Farhat to Suleiman Farhat, 13 July 1927 University of Sussex 2020 Katrina Sa'ade Letters collection 1927 Earthquake Bethlehemites in the US Middle Eastern and African History Middle Eastern and North African history 2020-03-27 14:53:30 Dataset https://sussex.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Jiryes_Farhat_to_Suleiman_Farhat_13_July_1927/7262975 The images are a digital reproduction of a handwritten letter and accompanying translation donated by Kathy Sa'ade Kenny. <div><br></div><div>In this letter Jiryes Farhat writes to his son, Suleiman Farhat, describing the earthquake that hit Palestine in July 1927. Jiryes asks Suleiman to send money to repair their house and to pay for the land deeds to be passed into Suleiman's name. At this stage Suleiman and Katrina Sa'ade were married and living in California, US. </div><div><br></div><div>These images exist as part of the Katrina Sa'ade Letters collection within the Katrina Sa'ade project of the Planet Bethlehem Archive.</div>