Biography: The interview was recorded on October 22, 1995 with Ḥashmīyah Abū Sīkh, female, born in 1927 in Kuwaykāt, Palestine and resides in Ḥārit Ḥrayk, Beirut, Lebanon.Families: Nābulsī; Rabāḥ.Significant figures: ʻAzīz, Aḥmad (Poet).Table of contents: Real Romantic story. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Folk songs. (@ 18:52)Table of contents: Songs of life. (@ 31:20)Table of contents: Emotional songs. (@ 46:39)Table of contents: Nostalgia, love and other folk songs. (@ 55:44)Table of contents: Palestinian popular songs. (@ 69:31)
Biography: The interview was recorded on November 15, 1995 with Samīḥah Fahd Abū Hawwash, female, born in 1944 in Haifa, Palestine and resides in al-Baṣṣ Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Landmarks-Private Institutions: Dār al-Ṭufl (School).Table of contents: Palestinian wedding celebration and others. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Maymūnah and Zīnat al-Dār story. (@ 17:20)Table of contents: Woodcutter story. (@ 38:56)Table of contents: Purposeful story. (@ 54:56)Table of contents: Popular songs and fables. (@ 75:9)
Biography: The interview was recorded on December, 1995 with Fāṭimah Muṣṭafá al-Rūbī, female, born in 1934 in Safad, Palestine and resides in Burj al-Barājinah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. The interview was also recorded with Kāmilah al-ʻAlūṭī, female, born in 1931 in ʻAylūṭ, Palestine and resides in al-Rashidīyah Refugee Camp, Lebanon.The interview was also recorded with Asʻad al-Mughrabī, male, born in 1927 in Akka, Palestine and resides in al-Burj al-Shamālī Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Jāmiʻ al-Aḥmar (Mosque).Significant figures: Funaysh, Sārī (Arab Salvation Army commander); Kaʻwash, Saʻd (Singer).Table of contents: Palestinian folk stories. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Story of Moses and Zionist occupation of Safad . (@ 16:8)Table of contents: Real life stories and Palestinian wedding celebration. (@ 25:15)Table of contents: Story of Joseph (Son of Jacob). (@ 42:41)Table of contents: Palestinian folk tales. (@ 50:49)
Biography: The interview was recorded on may 15, 1997 with Amīnah Fayyāḍ, female, born in1925 in Shaʻb, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Inspirational story of Honor. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Story of The Three Brothers. (@ 12:19)Table of contents: Fictional story. (@ 21:44)
Biography: The interview was recorded on April, 1997 with Āminah As‘ad Ḥamad, female, born in 1912 in al-Sumayrīyah, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: The King and his Daughter story. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Fantasy Short Stories. (@ 5:23)Table of contents: Popular stories. (@ 16:45)Table of contents: Green Bird story and other. (@ 33:29)
Biography: The interview was recorded on April 20, 1997 with Āminah ‘Abd al-Ghanī, female, born in 1912 in al-Sumayrīyah, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: True Beauty: Short Story. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Logger story and other. (@ 11:24)Table of contents: Story of Mqatta‘at al-Dayyāt. (@ 22:50)Table of contents: Popular stories. (@ 37:24)
Biography: The interview was recorded on November 15, 1995 with Abū Aḥmad al-ʻAwaytī, male, born in 1934 in Tarshīḥā, Palestine and resides in Tyre, Lebanon.Table of contents: Wedding celebrations. (@ 0:01)Table of contents: Traditional celebration. (@ 27:24)Table of contents: Songs and dance. (@ 49:5)
Biography: The interview was recorded on December 1996 with Abū Ayman‘Aql, male, born in 1943 in Nablus, Palestine and resides in al-Baddāwī Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Love folk songs. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Tales of passed times. (@ 22:21)Table of contents: Purposeful story. (@ 39:22)Table of contents: Fables stories. (@ 63:17)
Biography: The interview was recorded on November 1995 with Abū al-ʻAbd Barqajī, male, born in 1911 in Kuwaykāt, Palestine and resides in Burj al-Barājinah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Significant figures: Ḥmayyid, Muḥammad (Poet); Ḥmayyid, Hāshim (Poet); Ḥmayyid, Qāsim (Poet); al-Baytam, Muḥammad ‘Alī (Singer); al-‘Alī, Jamīl Ḥusayn (Singer); Najā, Muḥammad (Singer); al-‘Alayyān, Aḥmad (Poet); ‘Abd al-Ḥamīd, Kāmil (Governor).Table of contents: Social life before Nakba. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Socio-political dynamics during ottoman rule. (@ 17:11)Table of contents: al-Zīr Sālim story. (@ 33:21)Table of contents: Songs and stories. (@ 47:13)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة أيضاّ مع حسين سويد، ذكر، ولد عام 1931 في صفد، فلسطين ويقيم في مخيم البداوي للاجئين الفلسطينيين، لبنان.Table of contents: Palestinian wedding songs and story of the old lady and her daughters in law. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Folk tale . (@ 22:56)Table of contents: Story of al-Shāṭir Ḥasan I. (@ 41:2)Table of contents: Story of al-Shāṭir Ḥasan II. (@ 65:10)Table of contents: The tote bag of happiness and the fluent rooster. (@ 73:16)
Biography: The interview was recorded on January 18, 1996 with Abū Muḥammad Suwayd, male, born in 1946 in Safad, Palestine and resides in al-Baddāwī Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: The birth of Moses and survival from Pharaoh's execution . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Escape of Moses from executioners and his first contact with God . (@ 28:18)Table of contents: Return of Moses to Egypt and his miracles . (@ 44:4)Table of contents: God's messages to people through Moses and oppression of his believers . (@ 53:19)Table of contents: Separation of the sea by Moses and death of the Pharaoh. (@ 68:56)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة ايضا مع تفاحة العلي، أنثى، ولدت عام 1945 في التل، فلسطين وتقيم في مخيم البداوي للاجئين الفلسطينيين، لبنان.Table of contents: Popular music and songs. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Story of a crazy man. (@ 13:1)Table of contents: Popular stories. (@ 22:7)Table of contents: Folk poetry and Zalghutah. (@ 39:25)Table of contents: Fictional stories. (@ 51:31)Table of contents: The Woodcutter story. (@ 64:18)
Biography: The interview was recorded on January 21, 1996 with Aḥmad Sallūmmah, male, Born in 1961 from Suḥmātā, Palestine and resides in al-Baddāwī Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Childhood life of Prophet Muḥammad and dawn of prophethood. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Beginning of islamic missionary and torture of muslim believers. (@ 29:49)Table of contents: Islamic missionary and the miracle of al-Isrāʾ wa al-Miʻrāj . (@ 55:28)Table of contents: Immigration of Prophet Muḥammad and muslims to Medina. (@ 84:43)
Biography: The interview was recorded on April 1, 1997 with Asʻad Abū Hawwāsh, male, born in 1927 in Haifa, Palestine and resides in al-Baṣṣ Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Story of the dog barber. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: The fisherman and the fish I. (@ 11:10)Table of contents: The fisherman and the fish II . (@ 31:26)Table of contents: Fictions and fables. (@ 46:22)
Biography: The interview was recorded on Decmber12, 1995 with Asʻad Mughrabī, male, born in 1927 in Akka, Palestine and resides in al-Burj al-Shamālī Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Bald head story. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: The end of the Bald head story. (@ 28:10)Table of contents: Moral short story. (@ 38:31)Table of contents: Symbolism in Arabic short story. (@ 54:31)
Biography: The interview was recorded on November 19, 1995 with Umm Ibrāhīm, female, born in 1921 in Lūbyā, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Children's song. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Folk traditions in Palestine. (@ 14:24)Table of contents: Rural life and traditions in Palestine . (@ 22:42)Table of contents: Wedding traditions. (@ 44:6)
Biography: The interview was recorded on October 10, 1995 with Umm Ḥusayn ‘Aql, female, born in 1899 in ʻAlmā, Palestine and resides in Ḥārit Ḥrayk, Lebanon.Families: ‘Aṭā.Table of contents: Traditional folk songs. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Folk traditions. (@ 9:56)Table of contents: Popular culture and tradition. (@ 27:46)Table of contents: Weavers of the songs. (@ 36:6)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة أيضا مع أم سعيد في أيلول سبتمبر عام 1995، أنثى، ولدت عام 1916 في لوبيا، فلسطين وتقيم في مخيم عين الحلوة للاجئين الفلسطينيين، لبنان.Table of contents: Arabic short stories. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: The king and his daughter story. (@ 17:55)Table of contents: Popular tales. (@ 31:35)Table of contents: Popular story. (@ 52:13)Table of contents: Three Sisters story. (@ 62:52)Table of contents: The Woodcutter story. (@ 73:43)Table of contents: Folk song and a story. (@ 84:31)
Biography: The interview was recorded with Umm Ṭāhā Saʻd, female and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Two short stories. (@ 0:01)Table of contents: Sacrifice in social relations. (@ 8:18)Table of contents: Dignity in literature. (@ 16:37)Table of contents: The king and his son in law . (@ 26:57)
Biography: The interview was recorded with Umm Tāhā Saʻd, female and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Story of a king and his daughter. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Short Arabic stories. (@ 11:28)Table of contents: Moral stories. (@ 21:42)Table of contents: Cunning and guile in Arabic short stories. (@ 34:34)
Biography: The interview was recorded on November 3, 1995 with Umm ‘Alī, female, born in 1916 in Lūbyā, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Popular songs and poetry. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Songs of love. (@ 7:47)Table of contents: Collective songs. (@ 26:12)Table of contents: The most famous Palestinian popular song. (@ 42:36)Table of contents: Zalghūṭah. (@ 61:38)Table of contents: Political poetry. (@ 73:21)Table of contents: Wedding customs. (@ 84:34)
Biography: The interview was recorded on October 5, 1995 with Umm ‘Alī Ḥamzah, female, born in 1921 in Shaʻb, Palestine and resides in Burj al-Barājinah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Marriage celebrations in Palestine. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Folk songs . (@ 15:14)Table of contents: Songs and Zalghūtah. (@ 28:41)Table of contents: Story from Palestine. (@ 50:31)Table of contents: Traditional Palestinian popular songs. (@ 66:13)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة أيضا مع زهرة الخضر، أنثى، ولدت عام 1932 في أم الفرج، فلسطين وتقيم في مخيم البص للاجئين الفلسطينيين، لبنان.Table of contents: ِArabic folk poetry. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Fairy tale. (@ 8:26)Table of contents: Songs and poems. (@ 21:4)Table of contents: al-Zayn M‘ammar story. (@ 33:3)Table of contents: Palestinian folk songs. (@ 45:24)Table of contents: Songs and Story. (@ 50:17)Table of contents: Sleeping beauty. (@ 60:37)Table of contents: The Six Brothers story. (@ 71:5)
Biography: The interview was recorded on April 30, 1997 with Umm Māzin al-Yamānī, female, born in 1933 in Suḥmātā, Palestine and resides in al-Baddāwī Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Abū al-Ḥusayn story or Sleeping stories. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Children songs. (@ 21:17)Table of contents: Moral story. (@ 27:29)
Biography: The interview was recorded on November 17, 1995 with Amīnah al-Mūsá, female, born in 1911 in ʻAmqā, Plaestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Traditional songs and memories of childhood. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Socio-economic life in ʻAmqā . (@ 15:55)Table of contents: Fairy tales. (@ 30:51)Table of contents: Marriage traditional celebration. (@ 56:59)Table of contents: Black Dog story. (@ 65:24)Table of contents: Arabic short story. (@ 83:16)
Biography: كما سجلت المقابلة ايضا مع محمد الحامد، ذكر، ولد عام 1926 في صفورية، فلسطين ويقيم في مخيم نهر البارد للاجئين الفلسطينيين، لبنان.Table of contents: Marriage songs. (@ 0:04)Table of contents: Wedding celebrations. (@ 24:22)Table of contents: Songs collection. (@ 46:48)Table of contents: Folk songs. (@ 53:7)Table of contents: Popular songs. (@ 63:51)Table of contents: Ḥasān al-Rā‘ī story and folk songs. (@ 72:13)
Biography: The interview was recorded on April 15, 1997 with Amīnah ‘Aql, female, born in 1927 in al-Sumayrīyah, Palestine and resides in Mīyah wa Mīyah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Fictional stories. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Moral story and patriotic songs. (@ 21:14)
Biography: وسجلت المقابلة ايضا مع الياس شربين، ذكر، ولد عام 1931 في حيفا، فلسطين.Significant figures: al-al-Ḥajjār, Muṭrān (Poet).Table of contents: Socio- political dynamics during British mandate. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Two popular stories. (@ 11:31)Table of contents: ِArabic aphorism. (@ 20:36)Table of contents: Story of the Old woman and the Treasure. (@ 31:29)Table of contents: Real story. (@ 41:30)Table of contents: Friendship short story. (@ 53:11)
Biography: The interview was recorded on 1995 with Bāsimah Muḥammad Ṭāhā, female born in 1929 in Kafar Kannā, Palestine and resides in, Tripoli, Lebanon.Table of contents: Marriage folk songs. (@ 0:00)
Biography: The interview was recorded on November, 1995 with Badr al-Sayyid, male, born in 1926 in Saʻsaʻ, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Palestinian folk stories. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Palestinian folk songs and ʻAtābā. (@ 12:35)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة ايضا مع عبد الفتاح الفول، ذكر، ولد عام 1940 في حيفا، فلسطين ويقيم في مخيم البداوي للاجئن الفلسطينيين، لبنان.Landmarks-Private Institutions: Madrasat Ghassān Kanafānī (School); Madrasat al-Shahīd al-shaykh Ḥasan (School); Madrasat al-Shahīd al-Shaykh Ḥasan (School).Table of contents: Wise Turtle story and other stories. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Sleeping Beauty story. (@ 18:37)Table of contents: Little Red Riding Hood Story. (@ 29:6)Table of contents: Purposeful story. (@ 40:0)
Biography: كما سجلت المقابلة ايضا مع فوزية شحادة الخطيب، أنثى، ولدت عام 1926 في بلد الشيخ، فلسطين وتقيم في مخيم عين الحلوة للاجئين الفلسطينيين، لبنان.Table of contents: Folk and love songs. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Palestinian wedding celebration. (@ 16:16)Table of contents: Communal celebrations. (@ 31:31)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة أيضا مع فاطمة علي سعد، أنثى، ولدت عام 1919 في نحف، فلسطين وتقيم في مخيم عين الحلوة للاجئين الفلسطينيين، لبنان.Table of contents: The Beauty story. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Tales of passed times. (@ 14:35)Table of contents: Story of Two Friends and the king. (@ 25:8)Table of contents: Two popular stories. (@ 39:22)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة أيضا مع فاطمة حسين سالم، أنثى، ولدت عام 1950 في بعلبك، لبنان وتقيم في مخيم الرشيدية للاجئين الفلسطينيين، لبنان.Table of contents: Palestinian folk songs. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Early childhood songs. (@ 12:32)
Biography: The interview was recorded on April 17, 1997 with Ḥasnah ‘Alī Mannā‘, female, born in 1927 in Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Most popular folk tale: Jbaynih. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Nways story. (@ 14:8)
Biography: The interview was recorded on January 18, 1996 with Ḥusayn Zayd, male, born in 1941 in al-Ẓāhirīyah, Palestine and resides in al-Baddāwī Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Landmarks-Places of Worship: Masjid al-Harām (Mosques); Ibrāhīm Maqām (Maqām).Table of contents: Story of a prophet. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Qurʼān stories. (@ 23:32)Table of contents: Palestine, the land of prophets. (@ 37:53)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة أيضاً مع محمد عبد الغني الخليل، ذكر، ولد عام 1931 في صفورية، فلسطين ويقيم في مخيم البداوي للاجئين الفلسطنيين، لبنان.Families: Abū al-Nʻāj.Significant figures: al-Salīm, Ṣāliḥ (Village leader); al-Amīn, Muṣliḥ (Village leader).Table of contents: Social life and customs in Palestine . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Wedding traditions and social customs. (@ 14:47)Table of contents: The reward of good deeds . (@ 34:4)Table of contents: Story about the chivalry of Arabs. (@ 48:2)Table of contents: The virtue of patience. (@ 59:50)
Biography: The interview was recorded with Ḥusayn ‘Alī Lūbānī, male, born in 1939 in al-Dāmūn, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp Lebanon.Significant figures: al-Bāsh, Ḥasan (Writer); al-Bakr, Maḥmūd Mifliḥ (Writer); al-‘Afīfī, Fāṭimah (Poet).Table of contents: Traditional Palestinian songs and stories. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Love stories in literature. (@ 13:22)Table of contents: Palestinian social customs and traditions . (@ 28:47)Table of contents: Popular songs and poetry. (@ 46:19)Table of contents: Tales of passed times. (@ 68:19)
Biography: The interview was recorded in 1995 with Ḥulwah ‘Abbās, female, born in 1914 in Kuwaykāt, Palestine and resides in Ḥārit Ḥurayk, Lebanon.Significant figures: al-Amūn, Yaḥyá (Poet); al-Baytam, ʻAwaḍ (Poet).Table of contents: Traditional Palestinian wedding. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: The Palestinian Wedding Practices and Rituals. (@ 13:23)Table of contents: Sleeping Beauty story. (@ 28:9)
Biography: The interview was recorded on October 20, 1995 with Ḥalīmah al-Shaykh Khalīl, female, born in 1892 in al-Sumayrīyah, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Memories of Palestine. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Popular story. (@ 18:28)Table of contents: Two short popular stories. (@ 29:15)Table of contents: Popular poetry and songs. (@ 50:12)
Biography: The interview was recorded on December 1, 1995 with Khadījah, female, born in 1911 in Ṣaffūrīyah, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Palestinian wedding celebration. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Popular songs collection. (@ 19:8)Table of contents: Prayers and songs. (@ 32:40)
Biography: The interview was recorded on April 5, 1997 with Khadījah Muḥammad Abū Sālim,female, born in 1926 in al-Ṭīrah Palestine and resides in Tyre, Lebanon.Table of contents: Tale of passed times. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Popular tale. (@ 11:57)Table of contents: The Merchant. (@ 22:26)Table of contents: Story of Magic Birds. (@ 45:27)Table of contents: Three Sisters story. (@ 53:3)
Biography: The interview was recorded on April 3, 1997 with Khiḍir Asʻad Abū Hawwāsh, male, born in1947 in Yaʻbad, Palestine and resides in al-Rashidīyah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Three Brothers story. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Purposeful story. (@ 18:0)Table of contents: Fables and other stories. (@ 44:8)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة أيضاّ مع أبو مازن، ذكر، ولد في فلسطين ويقيم في لبنان.Significant figures: Shuqayr, Asʻad (Shaykh); al-Miʻjil, Khālid (Judge); Layyūm, Ḥusayn (Poet).Table of contents: Palestinian elderly people's tales. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Palestinian conduct of life . (@ 10:57)Table of contents: Wedding traditions and songs in Palestine. (@ 21:5)Table of contents: Story of al-Shāṭir Muḥammad. (@ 31:43)Table of contents: Folk poetry and marriage customs. (@ 47:0)Table of contents: Folk music. (@ 57:17)Table of contents: Wedding traditions and children's stories. (@ 64:0)Table of contents: Fairy tales . (@ 74:9)Table of contents: Marriage celebration and traditions. (@ 82:24)
Biography: The interview was recorded on April 5, 1997 with Dībah Muṣṭafá Ḥijazī, female, born in 1933 in al-Ghābisīyah, Palestine and resides in al-Baṣṣ Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Children's songs. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Poems and songs. (@ 12:18)Table of contents: Short stories and poems. (@ 27:5)Table of contents: Stories and aphorims. (@ 36:53)
Biography: The interview was recorded in 1995 with Rāḍiyah Nawfal, female, born in 1951 in Ṣaffūrīyah, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Weddings and ceremonies. (@ 0:03)Table of contents: Songs of love. (@ 16:33)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة أيضاً مع راضية إبراهيم عبدالله، انثى، ولدت عام 1925؟ في صفورية، فلسطين.Families: ‘Afīfī; al-Ḥāj.Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Khiḍir (Maqām).Table of contents: Socio-economic dynamics in Ṣaffūrīyah . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Symbolism in popular culture. (@ 19:46)Table of contents: Weddings and ceremonies in the village. (@ 31:18)Table of contents: Palestinian popular songs. (@ 52:18)Table of contents: Songs and poems. (@ 65:2)Table of contents: Palestinian folk traditions. (@ 84:8)
Biography: The interview was recorded on January 23, 1995 with Zubaydah Aḥmad al-Nāṭūr, female, born in 1918 in Khirbat al-Kasāyir, Palestine and resides in Burj al-Barājinah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Palestinian wedding customs. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Homeland nostalgia. (@ 15:20)