"May God Bless the Hand that Works": Stories from Displaced Syrian Farmworkers during Covid-19

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Ann remembers the basil, , that Nabil had growing
in little plastic buckets on the stairs to his house
because it reminded him of Syria.
“This house is comfortable, but I don’t own the
window, and I don’t own the front yard where I
can put my chair and drink my tea.”
Ann and Shaher sat in
Nabil’s house and drank tea
sweetened by the honey from his
bees, and he told them about his
beekeeping...
In 2019, he had 9 beehives
and sold his honey for
100 TRY ($14.25)/kg in the
local market. He also worked as
a supervisor at a local school,
but he still struggled to pay
the rent for his family’s house.