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Jiryes Farhat to Suleiman Farhat and Katrina Sa'ade, 12 February 1933

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posted on 2020-03-27, 14:57 authored by Freja Howat-Maxted, Leila Sansour, Jacob NorrisJacob Norris

The images are a digital reproduction of a handwritten letter and accompanying translation donated by Kathy Sa'ade Kenny.

In this letter Jiryes Farhat writes warmly to his son Suleiman and his wife Katrina responding to their decision to move Katrina Sa'ade and their children to the Farhat family home in Ramallah, Palestine. Jiryes acknowledges Katrina's reservations and paints Ramallah in a positive and metropolitan light as 'the bride of Palestine.' He describes how he and Miriam, his wife, look forward to meeting Suleiman's family and making them welcome in Ramallah. Issa Farhat scribes.

These images exist as part of the Katrina Sa'ade Letters collection within the Katrina Sa'ade project of the Planet Bethlehem Archive.

History

Project

https://figshare.com/projects/Katrina_Sa_ade/28710

Collection

https://doi.org/10.25377/sussex.c.4280429

Creator

Issa Farhat, Jiryes Farhat

Contributors

Kathy Sa'ade Kenny, Salim Tamari

Date

12/02/1933

Type

Digital reproduction of handwritten letter and accompanying translation.

Source

Kathy Sa'ade Kenny

Language

Arabic, English

Relation

pb_ks_ksl_019330212-0019aa.pdf

Spatial

31.9073496,35.1883724

Spatial Relation

Ramallah Palestine

Identifier

pb_ks_ksl_019330212-0019aa.pdf, pb_ks_ksl_019330212-0019ab.pdf

Rights

Kathy Sa'ade Kenny

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Keywords

Katrina Sa'ade Letters collection Bethlehem children Bethlehemites in the US Middle Eastern and African History Middle Eastern and North African history

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CC BY 4.0

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