Biography: The interview was recorded on September 2, 1989 with Zahrah Salīm Rabāḥ, female, born in 1924 in Ḥiṭṭīn, Palestine and resides in Saida, Lebanon.Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Nabī Shu‘ayb (Maqām).Significant figures: al-Badawī, Muṣṭafá (Poet); al-Badawī, Muḥammad (Poet).Table of contents: Social dynamics in the village . (@ 0:04)Table of contents: Community life during the British Mandate. (@ 12:25)Table of contents: Political conditions before Nakbah. (@ 20:34)Table of contents: Community life in Ḥiṭṭīn. (@ 30:41)Table of contents: Social life and customs in the village. (@ 44:0)
Biography: The interview was recorded on September 27, 1997 with Ḥusayn ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm ‘Ayyāsh (Abū 'Alī), male, Born in 1921? in ʻAylūṭ, Palestine and resides in al-Baṣṣ Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: Abū Rāṣ; ʻAṭāllāh; ʻAbbūd; ʻAyyāsh; Sursuq; Sirḥān; al-Nashāshībī.Significant figures: Abū ʻAyyāsh, Ṭāhā Muḥammad Khalīl (Revolutionary); Abū ʻAyyāsh, Ḥasan (Revolutionary); Sālim, Abū Aḥmad (Revolutionary); al-Sulaymān, ʻAwaḍ (Revolutionary leader); al-Ṣalṭī, Nāyif (Revolutionary leader); al-Ṣahyūn, Abū Fāyiz (Tracker); Abū ʻAyyāsh, Sārī (Martyr); Zāyid, Ibn Qūrá (Jewish officer).Table of contents: Social life and political history of Palestine. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: ʻAylūṭ during the Arab Revolt, 1936-1939. (@ 16:41)Table of contents: Palestinian-Jewish relations and feudalism in Palestine. (@ 45:0)Table of contents: Political activity during the Arab Revolt, 1936-1939. (@ 68:1)Table of contents: Battles and Zionist invasion and occupation of Palestine, 1948. (@ 84:19)Table of contents: Mass murder and expulsion from ʻAylūṭ . (@ 109:2)
Biography: كما سجلت المقابلة أيضاً مع زوجها عبد الرحمن محمد المجذوب، ذكر، ولد عام 1925 في عمقا، فلسطين ويقيم في مخيم المية ومية للاجئين الفلسطينين، لبنان. كان يعمل في فبركت الكبريت في عكا.Families: Abū Jāmūs; ʻUwayyid; al-Ḥajal; al-ʻAkkī.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Akka airport (Airport).Landmarks-Private Institutions: Nūr Safety Match (Corporation).Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Shaykh Mūsá (Maqām).Significant figures: ‘Abd al-Rāziq, Muṣṭafá (Resistance fighter); ʻAbd al-Rāziq, Muṣṭafá (Martyr); Darwīsh, Shafīq (Lawyer).Table of contents: Zionist invasion and life in pre-Nakba Palestine. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Social life and beliefs in pre-Nakba Palestine. (@ 21:35)Table of contents: Socio-economic dynamics in the village. (@ 43:0)Table of contents: Refugee life in Lebanon. (@ 58:6)
Biography: The interview was recorded on August 9, 1997 with Khalīl Ḥusayn Ṣidqī, male, born in 1924 in Haifa, Palestine and resides in Tyre, Lebanon. He was as a quarrier.Landmarks-Private Institutions: Shell Oil Company (Corporation); Haifa Oil Refinery (Corporation); Iraqi Pipeline Company (Corporation); English Hospital (Hospital).Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Shaykh ‘Īsá (Maqām); al-Khiḍir (Maqām); Mār Ilyās (Maqām).Significant figures: ‘Abd al-Raḥmān, Kāmil (Businessman).Table of contents: Quarrying profession during the British Mandate. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Religious diversity and socio-economic life. (@ 9:43)Table of contents: Palestine during World War II. (@ 30:10)Table of contents: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939 and political conditions. (@ 37:51)Table of contents: City occupation, terrorism and expulsion. (@ 58:32)Table of contents: Terrorism, expulsion and journey to exile. (@ 68:23)
Biography: The interview was recorded on January 11, 1997 with Jum‘ah Rizq al-Ḥāj Dāwūd, male, born in 1925 in Akka, Palestine and resides in al-Baddāwī Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He was a shoemaker.Landmarks-Public Institutions: al-Madrasah al-Aḥmadīyah (School).Landmarks-Private Institutions: al-Madrasah al-Waṭanīyah (School); Jam‘īyat al-Ṭaqm al-Ḥadīd (Association).Landmarks-Places of Worship: Jāmi‘ al-Jazzār (Mosque); al-Nabī Ṣāliḥ (Maqām); Jāmi‘ al-Raml (Mosque); Jāmi‘ al-Mīnā’ (Mosque).Significant figures: Abū al-Ḥudá, ‘Alī (School principal); al-Dāyah, Muḥammad (Teacher); al-‘Awaḍ, Rabāḥ (Revolutionary leader).Table of contents: Childhood and cultural life in Akka. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: History and cultural life in Pre-Nakba Akka. (@ 12:35)Table of contents: Work in the shoe industry in Akka. (@ 29:19)Table of contents: Political conditions during the Arab revolt, 1936-1939. (@ 34:21)Table of contents: Betrayal, collaboration and expulsion from Palestine. (@ 42:19)
Biography: The interview was recorded on August 31, 1997 with Zahrah Ibrāhīm al-Ḥāj, female, born in 1928 in Ṣaffūrīyah, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Significant figures: ‘Arābī, ‘Abd al-Ḥamīd (Doctor); al-Maṣrī, ‘Umar (Doctor).Table of contents: Socio-economic dynamics in pre-Nakba Palestine. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Agriculture life in Palestine. (@ 10:43)Table of contents: Village occupation and exile. (@ 20:55)
Biography: The interview was recorded on September 27, 1997 with Zahrah Ḥumayyid, female, born in 1927 in ʻAyn al-Zaytūn, Palestine and resides in al-Baddāwī Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: Ḥammīd; Khaṭṭāb; Idrīs; Ghrayyib; al-Sha‘bī.Significant figures: Khaṭṭāb, ‘Abd (Mayor); Ḥamad, As‘ad (Olive mill owner); Yāsīn; Aḥmad (Olive mill owner); al-Zayn, Salīm (Revolutionary); Ḥamad; Fū'ād As‘ad (Prisoner); Khaṭṭāb, Aḥmad Murrah (Martyr); al-Ṭabarānī, ʻAlī (Prisoner); Maḥmūd, Qāsim Ibrāhīm (Martyr); al-Ḥāj Muḥammad, Qāsim (Martyr); Sulaymān, Muḥammad (Martyr); al-‘Abd, Ḥāmid Ḥasan (Martyr); al-‘Abd, ‘Abd Muḥammad (Martyr); Nimr, Asʻad (Martyr); al-Rashīd, Muḥammad Maḥmūd (Martyr); Khaṭṭāb, Kāyid (Martyr); al-Sha‘bī, Nimi r (Martyr); al-Sha‘bī, ʻAbdullāh (Martyr); Idrīs, Jamīl (Martyr); al-Shāwīsh, Amīnah (Martyr); al-Mtawwat, Zaynab (Martyr); Idrīs, Ṣāliḥ (Martyr); Idrīs, Zaynab (Martyr); Khaṭṭāb, Maḥmūd al-Ḥamad (Matyr).Table of contents: Village history . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Childhood, agriculture, and everyday life. (@ 10:6)Table of contents: Community celebrations and customs. (@ 31:41)Table of contents: Marriage celebrations. (@ 41:2)Table of contents: Political conditions during the British rule. (@ 52:47)Table of contents: War time, massacres and exodus. (@ 67:48)
Biography: .سجلت المقابة أيضا مع زوجها أبو رشيدFamilies: ʻAllūsh; Najm; al-Ḥāj; al-Sa‘dī; Sulaymān; al-Maw‘ad.Significant figures: al-Maw‘ad, Muḥammad (Mayor); Sulaymān, ‘Abd al-Majīd (Mayor); al-Shaykh Ibrāhīm, Muḥammad (Mayor); al-Sa‘dī, Ṣāliḥ (Martyr); al-Ḥāj, Muḥammad (Mayor); al-Ghuzz, Maḥmūd (Resistance leader); al-Tawbah, Aḥmad (Resistance leader); al-Aḥmad, Ibrāhīm (Resistance fighter); ‘Abd al-Raḥmān, Muḥammad (Martyr); al-Bakr, Tawfīq Sulaymān (Martyr); Bishr, Muḥammad Sa‘īd (Matyr); al-Shaykh ‘Abd al-Hādī, Ibrāhīm (Martyr).Table of contents: Community and family life. (@ 0:02)Table of contents: Rites, ceremonies and customs. (@ 12:7)Table of contents: Agriculture, families and social relations. (@ 25:57)Table of contents: War time and military occupation. (@ 42:10)Table of contents: Exile from Palestine. (@ 51:47)
Biography: The interview was recorded on September 2, 1997 with Sa‘dah Nimir Jrays, female, born in 1918 in Rmaysh, Lebanon and resides in Tyre, Lebanon.Landmarks-Places of Worship: Jāmiʻ al-Shaykh ʻAbdullāh (Mosque); al-Shaykh 'Īsá (Maqām).Significant figures: Jrays, Nimir (Revolutionary); al-Ḥajjār (Bishop); Māḍī, al-‘Abd (Governor); Zqayriq, al-‘Abd (Governor); al-Ḥajjār (Bishop).Table of contents: Ottoman rule of Palestine and Lebanon. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Socio-economic conditions in Palestine during the British rule. (@ 29:16)Table of contents: Community and family life in the village. (@ 50:45)Table of contents: Political turmoil and military activity. (@ 59:40)Table of contents: Refuge life, humiliation and isolation. (@ 70:11)