Shams Al-Badry in a Saudi Refugee Camp
description: This a picture of Shams Al-Badry, approximately age 2, being held by her mother (not pictured because she is not wearing a hijab). This photo was taken in their tent in the Iraqi refugee camp in Saudi Arabia. Ms. Al-Badry said it was not the typical image from a refugee camp, because the tent had air-conditioning and other amenities. Ms. Al-Badry's family has moved many times, and her family has been unable to save many of their pictures from this time period. This photograph was given to her mother by a family in Michigan that has spent time at the same refugee camp. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
source: Shams Al-Badry, Lincoln Refugee History Harvest, 2012
date: 1922 circa
rights: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
format: person
type: image
coverage: Saudi Arabia