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

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When Leila was a young

girl in Syria, her

family grew cotton

and wheat on

their land in

the countryside

south of

Aleppo.

Leila, 16

Household size: 10

Occupation in Syria: Student

Birthplace: Southern Aleppo Province, Syria

Current location: Zahlé District, Lebanon

Soon after the war started, there was heavy shelling in the area and

her father was injured, so her family decided to flee to Lebanon.

Ten years later, Leila is 16 years old and her family of ten lives

in a small two-room apartment in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon.

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