Kurdistan Mission (VIII)

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Kurdistan Mission, is a documentary series on the activities of the “Lutheran Orient Mission Society” in Sablax (Mahabad) and its environs in Iranian Kurdistan between 1911-1936.

In this documentary the local history and events are described based on letters and reports of American missionaries published in their newsletters “ Kurdistan Missionary” and the “Lutheran Orient Mission”.

In the part eight of “ Kurdistan Mission” the life and activities of Ms. Hannah Schonhood is presented. She first zent to Sablax ( Mahabad) in summer 1921. She organised a school for boys and girls, she run an orphanage and helped lepers who were outcast from the town and villages.Ms Schonhood after returning to the States in 1926, published 2 books. You can watch “Kurdistan Mission”, part 8 On Scola’s home