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1933 Sept 23 - KF to Suleiman -begging for money \ 3;9.23.33 KF to SF translated by Fred Bisharat 23 September 1933 \(Literally: To the lap of our respected cousin, Khawaja Sleiman may he live long\) To our cousin Sleiman, may he live long: Wishing you plenty of Salaams, the reason \ for my sending you this answer is first of all to inquire about your well being, and secondly to inform you of the conditions in our country especially on our end. My dear cousin, the cost of living in our country is high and needs money because p\ resently it is very high and we need money. The money we had, my dear cousin, did not go very far, secondly for the schools, because your father, my dear cousin, says that he is broke. And you, my cousin, are not oblivious to this style of living. I am\ at a loss of what to do. If I have to badger them and come down to their level, the money we had would have been enough for us until now. Had I not told them that my cousin Sleiman is not helping us financially, that we should get along by buying goods\ on credit, and having patience, until our business picks up. I know what our capital is and I know how our business is doing. But they, my dear cousin, do not listen to me and they start to laugh and they start mentioning how you have been away for twen\ ty-four years and how you have no savings even though you are not a spender. Another thing, my dear cousin, your father spends money as he wishes. He spends on anyone without benefit. I do not like to spend money, except on our necessities, and if this\ followed, the money we had would have carried us till now. I always cautioned them that we have little money, even the tickets that brought us here, you father have pawned them for credit, because the financial situation is bad. So I beg you my dear co\ usin that you write your father and inform him how bad things are here and now. May be he would believe you. Then I would like you to know my dear cousin, as concerns the children, we went to school and they asked us for their fees of fifteen pounds, bes\ ides other costs, and we paid them, and now we have absolutely no money. And you, my cousin, have promised me to send money, and up till now we have not received any. May the reason be a good one and in God’s hands. We wish you the best and salaa\ ms. So our dear cousin I beg you to send the money and if you will, send them in our name so that we could spend them on necessities since your father spends money on things we do no need. Then my cousin if we are late in paying the school we wil\ l forfeit our first and last payment. So I beg of you to send us the money. The money you sent us in the pat is gone because it was not spent on us alone but on your family. We spent some on the way over, and your nephew \(your sister’s boy\) ask\ ed me to buy him a watch. All expenses were born by me, and no one offers money, they are all on the take. And as far as your nephew goes, Issa is very ornery. He does not listen to his mother and is very abusive. I fear for our children to be influ\ enced by him since he is not under control. And my dear cousin, the expenditures are not enough. Everything comes out of my pocket, and they always feign they haven’t any, not even a bit. Salaam wa khitam, signing off, Katherine Farhat \ 13;Carol Note. I note that Katherine had three children, George, Mary and Fred who were visiting with Sleiman’s parents in Ramallah, whilst Sleiman stayed behind in the United States. It was a challenge because of the difficulty of the writing\ being on thin paper. Thank God for my copier and my scanner and programs. Somehow it all worked out. I hope this fills the bill. Avec plaisir. Fred Bisharat
)/Contents(1933 Sept 23 - KF to Suleiman -begging for money\r\r9.23.33 KF to SF translated by Fred Bisharat \r\r23 September 1933\r\(Literally: To the lap of our respected cousin, Khawaja Sleiman may he live long\)\rTo our cousin Sleiman, may he live long:\rWishing\ you plenty of Salaams, the reason for my sending you this answer is first of all to inquire about your well being, and secondly to inform you of the conditions in our country especially on our end.\r My dear cousin, the cost of living in our country is h\ igh and needs money because presently it is very high and we need money. The money we had, my dear cousin, did not go very far, secondly for the schools, because your father, my dear cousin, says that he is broke. And you, my cousin, are not oblivious t\ o this style of living. I am at a loss of what to do. If I have to badger them and come down to their level, the money we had would have been enough for us until now. Had I not told them that my cousin Sleiman is not helping us financially, that we sho\ uld get along by buying goods on credit, and having patience, until our business picks up. I know what our capital is and I know how our business is doing. But they, my dear cousin, do not listen to me and they start to laugh and they start mentioning ho\ w you have been away for twenty-four years and how you have no savings even though you are not a spender. Another thing, my dear cousin, your father spends money as he wishes. He spends on anyone without benefit. I do not like to spend money, except on\ our necessities, and if this followed, the money we had would have carried us till now. I always cautioned them that we have little money, even the tickets that brought us here, you father have pawned them for credit, because the financial situation is \ bad. So I beg you my dear cousin that you write your father and inform him how bad things are here and now. May be he would believe you. Then I would like you to know my dear cousin, as concerns the children, we went to school and they asked us for thei\ r fees of fifteen pounds, besides other costs, and we paid them, and now we have absolutely no money. And you, my cousin, have promised me to send money, and up till now we have not received any. May the reason be a good one and in Gods hands. We wish\ you the best and salaams.\r So our dear cousin I beg you to send the money and if you will, send them in our name so that we could spend them on necessities since your father spends money on things we do no need. Then my cousin if we are late in paying \ the school we will forfeit our first and last payment. So I beg of you to send us the money. The money you sent us in the pat is gone because it was not spent on us alone but on your family. We spent some on the way over, and your nephew \(your sister\ s boy\) asked me to buy him a watch. All expenses were born by me, and no one offers money, they are all on the take. And as far as your nephew goes, Issa is very ornery. He does not listen to his mother and is very abusive. I fear for our children \ to be influenced by him since he is not under control. And my dear cousin, the expenditures are not enough. Everything comes out of my pocket, and they always feign they havent any, not even a bit. Salaam wa khitam, signing off,\rKatherine Farhat\r\rC\ arol Note. I note that Katherine had three children, George, Mary and Fred who were visiting with Sleimans parents in Ramallah, whilst Sleiman stayed behind in the United States. \rIt was a challenge because of the difficulty of the writing being on thi\ n paper. Thank God for my copier and my scanner and programs. Somehow it all worked out. I hope this fills the bill. Avec plaisir.\rFred Bisharat\r)/Type/Annot/Subj(Note)/Rect[57.203934 1137.990845 77.203934 1155.990845]/CreationDate(D:20080425082911-07'00')/NM(bZwRb79tJe8_hL28NSgMxD)/Name/Comment/Subtype/Text/C[1.0 1.0 0.0]/M(D:20080425082919-07'00')/P 38 0 R/T(Owner)/Popup 43 0 R/AP<>>> endobj 41 0 obj<>/Subtype/Form/FormType 1/Matrix[1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0]>>stream HL=N1Xqki^CxBCq<β~IVH(|RΗ.=k7"\"UΑ]dD:8±uuq:E!fR6o#9rpZQX*rI5=%{7l>A`][]e1Dl:j:A$٫@ޘw)5The