Isidoro Duek, a Jewish-Syrian migrant to Mexico, peddling with his Mexican porter, 1924. The inscription below the photo reads "Getting to know suffering through fighting for life will teach you to not squander, and appreciate what is earned." Retrieved from "The Mexican Mahjar: Transnational Maronites, Jews, and Arabs under the French Mandate."
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