Gurdji was 8 years old, when she was exiled with her parents. Her brother was taken as a soldier in the Turkish army.   

                  In the caravan she lost her parents, and the poor child was left alone. After a time an Arab took her and brought her to his tent in a village "Abdul Arirha" 2 years after he sold her to another Arab, who married her. Often she was ill-treated.

                  One day she heard about our home in Aleppo and fled to Deir-el-Zor from where she was sent to us.  

 

 

 

Left our care: October 7. 1925. Married to No: 748.

Living in our colony.