- CHINA -

Marion Naifeh with her father, B. W. Lanphear.

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Marion Naifeh's mother, Carolyn March. Naifeh only knew her as this photograph hanging on the wall.

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Chang-teh, the man who brought the water every day for bathing and washing.

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Marion Naifeh's father brought her at age three to Worcester, Massachusetts, to learn English and manners.

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Ru-san, the family's cook.

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Four of Marion Naifeh's Chinese brothers, with Jimmy at the top, then clockwise: George, Stephen, and Claude.

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Marion Naifeh's father released from the Japanese concentration camp, surrounded by his sons and their families.

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Marion Naifeh reuniting with her brother George in Wuhu in 1980.

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Standing with George in the shambles of their childhood home.

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- MEXICO -

The first Smith College Junior-Year-Abroad group in Mexico, with Marion Naifeh at upper right.

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- George -

Marion Naifeh's husband George as a young boy.

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George at left with his sister Julia, brother Sam, mother Saida, and father Charlie.

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George in the Army Air Force in World War II.

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Marion and George Naifeh sharing cake at their wedding reception in Washington.

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Leaving for Beirut on the Excalibur.

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- IRAN -

George and Marion Naifeh arriving in Meshed, their first assignment in the Foreign Service.

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The streets of Tehran were in turmoil leading up to the ouster of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh.

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George and Steve.

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- IRAQ -

Steve at the gate of the Naifehs' second home in Baghdad.

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Steve's best friend, Muthir.

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Carolyn on the Naifehs' return to Baghdad.

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The Naifeh family back in America between assignments abroad.

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- LIBYA -

Carolyn, reassured that life would be all right outside of the U.S.

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The replacement plumber standing, perplexed, outside the Naifehs' home in Baida.

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The U.S. Embassy compound at bottom, with the new Parliament building above it, in Baida, a city that barely existed.

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Abdul Gader's mother at left, with a professional dancer, at a bride's party.

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The Naifehs' garage turned into a one-room schoolhouse.

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George playing a drum at a groom's party.

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Carolyn and Steve trick-or-treating at the home of the Chinese Ambassador.

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- NIGERIA -

Godwin, the gardener, at the Naifehs' home on Victoria Island.

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Marion and George Naifeh at a reception in Lagos.

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George and Marion Naifeh with the son of Ade James.

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- PAKISTAN -

Aunt Wadia.

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Mountains of Pakistan.

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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy meeting Archbishop Cordeiro during her trip to Karachi in 1962. Ahme Stone, a friend of the Naifehs who introduced them to the Archbishop, is at the far right. 

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- U.A.E. -

Abu Dhabi before oil was discovered in 1958.

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George at the Naifehs' apartment in Abu Dhabi.

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Marion at the Naifehs' apartment in Abu Dhabi.

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A traditional Emirati dance to celebrate the return of the pearl divers.

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- JORDAN -

George walking with his aunt Wadia in Ajlun, the town where his father was born.

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