Suleiman Farhat to Katrina Sa'ade, 1933 (4/4)

The images are a digital reproduction of a handwritten letter and accompanying translation donated by Kathy Sa'ade Kenny. In this letter Suleiman Farhat writes to his wife Katrina Sa'ade who was living in Ramallah at the time with his parents and Mary, Fred and George (Katrina and Suleiman's children). Suleiman was still living and working in California. He describes the inflation and high costs of merchandise in America (these were the years of the Great Depression) which have left him with debts and caused him much anxiety. He promises to send more money when he can and assures Katrina that the situation in Palestine is much better than in America. These images exist as part of the Katrina Sa'ade Letters collection within the Katrina Sa'ade project of the Planet Bethlehem Archive.

本数据集所收录的图像，系凯西·萨阿德·肯尼（Kathy Sa'ade Kenny）捐赠的一封手写书信及其附带译文的数字复制品。信中，苏莱曼·法哈特（Suleiman Farhat）致信时任与父母及三名子女玛丽、弗雷德、乔治（均为卡特里娜与苏莱曼所生）一同居住在拉马拉的妻子卡特里娜·萨阿德（Katrina Sa'ade）。当时苏莱曼仍在加利福尼亚州生活与工作，他在信中提及美国国内的通货膨胀与商品高物价——彼时正值大萧条时期，此番境况令他身负债务且倍感焦虑。他承诺会在能力范围内尽快汇寄更多钱款，并向卡特里娜保证，巴勒斯坦的局势远优于美国。本批图像隶属于伯利恒星球档案馆（Planet Bethlehem Archive）旗下卡特里娜·萨阿德项目中的《卡特里娜·萨阿德书信集》。