Interview with Yūsuf Dīwān

Title:

Interview with Yūsuf Dīwān
مقابلة مع يوسف ديوان

Creator:

Interviewee: Dīwān, Yūsuf
Interviewer: Abū ʻAlī, Ibtisām
Interviewer: Lūbānī, Muntahá

Contributor:

ديوان، يوسف
أبو علي، ابتسام
لوباني، منتهى

Date:

1997-12-07
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Description:

Biography: The interview was recorded on December 12, 1997 with Yūsuf Dīwān, male born in 1939 in Yājūr, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: al-Ḥilū; Abū al-Ghizlān; Jumʻah; Abū Rudaynah; al-Shaqrā; Abū Shtayyā; Ḥammād; al-ʻAfīfī; Murād.Landmarks-Private Institutions: Iraqi Petroleum Company (Corporation).Significant figures: Dūghān, Dīb (Resistance fighter); al-Milījī, Zaydān (Mayor); al-Ṣaffūrī, Abū Maḥmūd (Resistance leader).Table of contents: History of the village. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Political turmoil and resistance. (@ 14:40)Table of contents: Violence, battles and armed resistance. (@ 27:10)Table of contents: Refugee life in Lebanon. (@ 37:5)Table of contents: Exile from Palestine, humiliation and isolation. (@ 48:19)Table of contents: Arab attitudes toward Palestine. (@ 58:42)Table of contents: Zionist occupation and resistance. (@ 62:20)Table of contents: Refugees hope for the future. (@ 71:50)

Language:

Arabic

Type:

Sound

Type (Narrower):

Oral History

Type (Broader):

Sound

Subject:

Abraham, (Biblical patriarch)
Abū Libbah (Palestine)
Agricultural products
Balfour Declaration, 1917
British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948
Children's games
Coexistence
Dabkah
Dalʻūnā
Haganah
Holy Land
Homeland
Hope
Imprisonment
Irgun
Jesus Christ
Jewish immigration
Jewish settlements
Laborers
Literacy
Moses (Biblical leader)
Musical instruments
Palestine
Palestinian Jews
Palestinian-Jewish relations
Peasants
People
Pre-Nakba geographical territories
Pre-Nakba life
Qurʼānic teaching
Return
Rural life
Schools
Shaykhs
State of Israel
Yājūr (Palestine)
Anti-Palestinian economic measures
Balad al-Shaykh Massacre, 1947-1948
British-Jewish relations
Children in armed conflicts
Explosions
Intervillage relations
Jewish national home
Landowners
Martyrs
Mourning
Resistance movements
Revenge
Rifles
Seeking shelter
Socio-economic conditions
Weapon acquisition
Wedding celebration
Zionist occupation
Zionist propaganda
Aerial bombing
Arab countries
Arab Salvation Army
Armies intervention
Attack
Conspiracy
Displacement
Emotions
Expulsion from Palestine
Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949
Partition plan, 1947
Personal belongings
Psychological warfare
Rulers
Ṣaffurīyah Battle, 1948
Two-state solution
Weapons confiscation
Bread
Charity
Despair
Diseases
Health conditions
Heating
International Committee of the International Committee of the Red Cross
Living conditions
Nahr al-Bārid (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon)
Refugee aid
Refugee camp conditions
Refugee experience
Right of return
Suffering
Water resources
Work
Building practices
Children
Employment
Identity cards
Nation
Nostalgia
Refugees
Students
Terrorism
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
Collaborationists
Coups d’état
Damaged weapons
Egypt
Glubb, John Bagot, Sir, 1897-1986
Kings
Military commanders
Naguib, Muhammed, 1901-1984
Nakba
Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 1918-1970
Zionist colonization
Defense
Dignity
Honor
Irrigation
Land appropriation
Land sale
Massacres
Murder
Organizations
Palestinian diaspora
Patriotism
Pistols
Property destruction
Pumps
Relief
Șabrā and Shatīlā Massacre, 1982
Weapons
Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948
Baybars I, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 1223?-1277
Crusades
Greetings
Moguls
Nationalism
Naturalization refusal
Palestinian resistance
Political anthems
Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 1137-1193
Tatars
Refugees, Palestinian--Lebanon--Social conditions
Palestinian-Jewish relations--Palestine--History--To 1948
Palestine--History--Zionist invasion, 1948
Expulsion--Palestine--History--20th century
Battles--Palestine--History--To 1948
Palestine--Socio-economic conditions--20th century
Palestine--History--British Mandate, 1922-1948
Psychological warfare--Palestine--History--20th century
Economic sanctions--Palestine--History--To 1948
Balad al-Shaykh Massacre, Palestine, 1948
Propaganda, Zionist--Palestine
Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949
Refugee camps--Lebanon--Social conditions
Zionist terrorism--Palestine--History--To 1948
Palestine--History--Nakba, 1948

Geographic region:

Village: Yājūr

Extent:

Duration: 01:19:32

Rights:

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

Identifier:

jn_0034_yusuf_diwan.xml

Format:

audio
mp3

Is part of:

POHA, Al-Jana, Nakba Collection

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