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

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Acknowledgements
This graphic novel would not have been possible without the cooperation
of 80 Syrian, Jordanian, Turkish and Lebanese intermediaries and
employers, who agreed to be interviewed remotely for the Refugee Labour
under Lockdown Project. The authors would like to thank the Arts and
Humanities Research Council and the Modern Slavery & Human Rights Policy
& Evidence Centre, for funding this project and thereby bringing
together academics and practitioners based in Scotland, Turkey, Jordan
and Germany. We are also very grateful to Kate Robertson, Middle East
Advisor and Syria Programme in Region Coordinator from the Council for
At-Risk Academics (Cara), whose support made it possible to
include displaced Syrian academics into this research.
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Slavery PEC.