Interview with George Bāsīl Farrāj

Title:

Interview with George Bāsīl Farrāj
مقابلة مع جورج باسيل فراج

Creator:

Interviewee: Farrāj, George Bāsīl
Interviewer: Zaydān, Maḥmūd

Contributor:

فراج، جورج باسيل
زيدان، محمود

Date:

2005-07-28
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Description:

Biography: The interview was recorded on July 28, 2005 with George Bāsīl Farrāj, male, born in 1924 in Jerusalem, Palestine and resides in Beirut, Lebanon. He worked as a chief secretary of the British high commissioner office during the mandate.Families: Ghunaym, Ṭannūs; al-Jūrī; Mushabbak.Landmarks-Private Institutions: al-Madrasah al-Waṭaniyyah al-Urthūduksiyyah (School); Madrasat al-Muṭrān (School); Madrasat al-Ummah (School); Saint George's School (School); Bishop Gobat School (School); Terra Santa School (School); Madrasat Ṣahyūn (School).Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Qiyāmah (Church); Mār Yaʻqūb (Church); Mār Jirjis (Church).Significant figures: Ḥarāmī, Shukrī (Teacher); Farrāj, ʻĪsá (Martyr); al-Ṭubbī, Michel (Mayor); Abū Shanab, Maḥfūẓ (Club director); Daʻdis, Shafīq (Club director).Table of contents: Childhood memories in Jerusalem. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Socio-economic and political conditions before Nakba. (@ 7:52)Table of contents: Children's activities in Palestine . (@ 14:2)Table of contents: Political conditions in Palestine during the British rule. (@ 22:17)Table of contents: Community celebrations and customs. (@ 27:19)

Language:

Arabic

Type:

MovingImage

Type (Narrower):

Oral History

Type (Broader):

Video

Subject:

Children's games
Churches
Coexistance
Education
Entertainment
Family structure
Football
Prayers
Private schools
Sports
Strikes
Students
British high commissioner
Conspiracy
Guards
Haganah
King David Hotel bombing, 1946
Leaders
Martyrs
Military strategy
Patriotism
Pistols
Resistance movements
Semiramis Hotel Bombing, 1948
Terrorism
Young Men's Christian Association
Carpenters
Cities and towns
Fathers
Friendship
Hunting
Jerusalem (Palestine)
Nādī al-Dājānī
Nādī Frīdīs
Professions
Psychological warfare
Rumors
Swimming
Arab Revolt, 1936-1939
British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948
British-Jewish relations
Revolutionaries
Schools
Zionist colonization
Ashkenazi Jews
British Army
Building practices
Convents
Customs and traditions
Death
Dwellings
Easter
Jewish national home
Land sale
Mourning
Protests against settlements
Religious diversity
Religious practices
Return
Revolutionary songs
Settler colonialism
Urban life
ʻĪd celebrations
Jerusalem (Palestine)--History
Palestine--History--Arab rebellion, 1936-1939
Zionist settlement--Palestine--History--To 1948
Palestine--Socio-economic conditions--20th century
Palestine--History--British Mandate, 1922-1948
Zionist terrorism--Palestine--History--To 1948
Religious pluralism--Palestine--20th century
Zionist immigration--Palestine--20th century
Zionists--Palestine--20th century

Geographic region:

Village: Jerusalem

Extent:

Duration: 00:41:34

Rights:

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The copyright holder of this interview is the Nakba Archive, all rights reserved.

Identifier:

nn_0181_george_farraj.xml

Format:

video
mp4

Is part of:

POHA, Al-Nakba Collection

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