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

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Mohammed and his wife and baby daughter live at the nursery in

a small container-like house, provided by Faisal, along with

electricity and water, for free. Mohammed and his family are

the only staff to live on-site.

Mohammed is responsible for guarding the nursery at night.

He keeps a security monitor in his house so that he can watch

the nursery in the evening while he watches TV series in Turkish

to improve his language skills, since he doesn’t have time

to take classes.

In 2019, Mohammed made 2,020 TRY/month ($244). He explained

to Ann and Shaher that, with the free housing, this is a very

good job for a Syrian refugee in Turkey.

But Mohammed still makes only the Turkish legal minimum wage,

and he doesn’t have health insurance...

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