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 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 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: 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: 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: 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 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: The interview was recorded on June 15, 1997 with Ḥusayn Muḥammad Darwīsh, male, born in 1937 in Khirbat Ja‘tūn, Palestine.Families: al-Darāwshah; Mir‘ī; Manāṣrī; Mḥaysnīyah; Ḥijāzī; Ḥawwā; Twaynī; Sursuq; Ḥabāyib; Bazzī; Salām; al-As‘ad.Significant figures: al-ʻAkkī, Aḥmad (Landowner); Ḥijāzī, Abū Aḥmad (Mayor); Sirḥān, Fāris (Village leader); al-Qassīs, Abū Mas‘ad (Village leader).Table of contents: Farming and living conditions before Nakba. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Characteristics of a tribal community. (@ 7:50)Table of contents: Infiltration during the British rule. (@ 15:52)Table of contents: Political turmoil and military activity. (@ 28:46)Table of contents: Battles and armed resistance. (@ 38:23)Table of contents: War time and military operations. (@ 54:42)Table of contents: Land, defense and resistance. (@ 67:22)Table of contents: Military occupation and political clashes. (@ 83:28)Table of contents: Military occupation and exile. (@ 101:24)Table of contents: Humanitarian conditions during the exodus. (@ 114:38)Table of contents: Refugee life, humiliation and isolation. (@ 130:19)
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: 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: 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 on June 6, 1999 with Rāfī ‘Uwaydis Aṭāmyān, male, born in 1946 and resides in al-Baṣṣ, Lebanon.Families: al-Safrī; al-Qubṭī; al-Dāmūnī.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Haifa port (Port).Table of contents: History of Armenians in the Arab countries. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Armenian-Palestinian relations. (@ 10:40)Table of contents: Armenians in Palestine. (@ 21:27)Table of contents: Armenians attitudes towards Arabs. (@ 26:57)
Biography: The interview was recorded on June 7, 1997 with Raymond Elias ʻAffārah, male, born in 1936 in al-Ṭīrah, Haifa, Palestine and resides in al-Baṣṣ Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Landmarks-Private Institutions: Catholic school (School).Landmarks-Places of Worship: Jāmiʻ al-Istiqlāl (Mosque).Significant figures: Ḥallās, Riḍā (Teacher); Kannūn, Maḥmud (Shaykh).Table of contents: Socio-economic conditions before Nakba. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Infiltration and attacks. (@ 8:20)Table of contents: City occupation, displacement and exile. (@ 19:25)Table of contents: Refugee life, humiliation and isolation. (@ 29:50)Table of contents: Revisiting Palestine. (@ 43:0)
Biography: The interview was recorded on November 16, 1998 with Zahrah Ḥamad Khadījah, female, born in 1926 in al-Baṣṣah, Palestine and resides in al-Qāsimīyah, Lebanon.Table of contents: Characteristics of a tribal community. (@ 0:01)Table of contents: Traditional customs in a Bedouin community. (@ 17:29)Table of contents: Rites and ceremonies. (@ 42:4)Table of contents: Ceremonies and community traditions. (@ 61:46)Table of contents: Social gatherings and customs. (@ 85:15)Table of contents: War time, military occupation and exile. (@ 100:2)
Biography: The interview was recorded on July 7, 1997 with Zahrah Muḥammad Khalīl, female, born in 1934? in al-Baṣṣah, Palestine.Table of contents: Pre-Nakba life. (@ 0:07)Table of contents: Community celebrations and customs. (@ 8:53)Table of contents: Characteristics of a tribal community. (@ 13:0)Table of contents: Eyewitness of the Palestinian exodus. (@ 32:54)Table of contents: Village occupation and exile. (@ 42:53)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة أيضا مع صباح محمد عوض، أنثى، ولدت عام 1969 في الغابسية، فلسطين وتقيم في مخيم البص للاجئين الفلسطينيين، لبنان.Significant figures: ʻAwaḍ, Marzūq (Village leader); al-Tawbah, Abū Maḥmūd (Leader); al-Najmī, salīm (Leader); Khiḍir, Qāsim (Land agent).Table of contents: Palestinian folk songs. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Heroic stories. (@ 19:1)Table of contents: Real stories from Palestine and Heroic poems. (@ 30:36)Table of contents: Poems and songs. (@ 45:20)Table of contents: The Old man and his wife story. (@ 65:31)
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)
Biography: The interview was recorded on November 30, 1995 with Sa‘īd Abū Hawwāsh, male, born in 1939 in Haifa, Palestine and resides in al-Burj al-Shamālī Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: The Fisherman and his wife story. (@ 0:06)Table of contents: Sitt al-Ḥusun story. (@ 28:54)Table of contents: The Princes and the three brothers. (@ 55:55)Table of contents: Intelligence has its limits while stupidity has none
. (@ 77:11)Table of contents: Fables. (@ 91:53)Table of contents: If you want a friend, get a dog. (@ 119:39)
Biography: The interview was recorded on December 13, 1997 with Samīḥah Abū Hawwāsh, female, born in 1944 in Haifa, Palestine and resides in al-Baṣṣ Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Landmarks-Private Institutions: Madrasat al-Aytām, al-Ittiḥād al-Nisāʼī (School); Madrasat Ghirnāṭah (School); Dār al-Ṭufl (School); Madrasat al-Najāḥ (School).Significant figures: Shuwaykī, Hayfāʼ (Teacher); ʻAbd al-Hādī, ʻAlyāʼ (Teacher); al-Ḥusaynī, Hind (Orphanage principal).Table of contents: Childhood and refugee experience in Jordan and Palestine. (@ 0:20)Table of contents: Child education at the orphanage. (@ 31:20)Table of contents: Revisiting Palestine. (@ 57:29)
Biography: The interview was recorded on April 20, 1997 with Sihām Muḥammad ‘Ali, female, born in 1954 in Fārah, Palestine and resides in al-Rashidīyah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: ‘Uqlat al-Uṣba‘ story. (@ 0:04)Table of contents: Woodcutter story. (@ 13:11)Table of contents: Moral stories. (@ 25:30)Table of contents: Fantasy and magic stories. (@ 40:15)Table of contents: Fairy tales. (@ 55:35)
Biography: The interview was recorded on June 30, 1977 with Suhaylah Khiḍr al-Saʻīd, female, born in 1934? in Umm al-Faraj, Palestine and resides in al-Baṣṣ Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: ʻAbd al-ʻĀl; Abū al-Sa‘d; Drāz.Significant figures: Sālim, Qāsim (Mayor); ʻAbdū, Qāsim (Teacher); ʻAbd al-ʻĀl, Yūsuf (Village leader); al-Ḥāj ‘Alī, Muṣṭafá (Village leader); Fattāḥ, Ḥayāt (Village leader); Ḥusayn, Khalīl Ibrāhīm (Coffeehouse owner); al-ʻAdawī, ʻAlī (Resistance fighter); al-ʻAdawī, Maḥmud (Resistance fighter); ʻAbd al-ʻĀl, Khalīl (Resistance fighter); Ḥusayn, Ibrāhīm (Resistance fighter); Abū al-Dīk, Khalīl (Resistance fighter); al-ʻArīḍī, Abū Aḥmad (Resistance fighter); ʻAbd al-ʻĀl, Yūsuf (Vehicle driver); Bazzī, Ṭalāl (Resistance fighter).Table of contents: Socio-economic dynamics in the village. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Community life in Umm al-Faraj. (@ 9:21)Table of contents: War time and military occupation. (@ 18:23)Table of contents: Violence, battles and defense. (@ 30:29)Table of contents: Zionist occupation and the exodus. (@ 44:11)Table of contents: Refugee life, humiliation and isolation. (@ 61:28)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة أيضا مع أحمد الزامل، ذكر، ولد عام 1951 في ترشيحا، فلسطين ويقيم في صور، لبنان.Table of contents: Moral story. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Tale of passed times. (@ 21:56)Table of contents: Ghoul story. (@ 32:43)Table of contents: Arab tribes stories, inaudible. (@ 38:5)Table of contents: Arabic poetry. (@ 60:17)Table of contents: Song and story. (@ 77:14)
Biography: The interview was recorded on June 7, 1997 with Ṣāliḥ Rashīd ‘Abd al-Ḥalīm, male, born in 1932 in Dayr al-Asad, Palestine and resides in Jal al-Baḥr, Lebanon.Families: Mūsá; al-Dabbāḥ; Niʻmah; ‘Uthmān.Table of contents: Pre-Nakba life in the village during the British rule. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Socio-economic dynamics in the village. (@ 8:56)Table of contents: Refugee life and isolation. (@ 23:23)Table of contents: Childhood and parents. (@ 33:44)Table of contents: The psychological impact of the exodus. (@ 49:19)Table of contents: Sufferance and struggle. (@ 62:59)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة أيضا مع هنا أبو مهاوش، أنثى، ولدت عام 1934 في حيفا، فلسطين وتقيم في مخيم البص للاجئين الفلسطينيين، لبنان.Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Khiḍir (Maqām).Significant figures: al-Jamal, Tawfīq (Martyr).Table of contents: Palestinian folk songs. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Palestinian rites and ceremonies. (@ 14:29)Table of contents: Two folk stories. (@ 25:4)Table of contents: Children story. (@ 48:16)
Biography: The interview was recorded on July 16, 1997 with Fāṭimah ‘Abd al-Salām al-Ḥanafī, female, born in 1931 in Khirbat al-Kasāyir, Palestine and resides in al-Baṣṣ Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Landmarks-Private Institutions: Mustashfá al-Amīn (Hospital).Table of contents: Childhood and everyday life. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Socio-economic dynamics in the village. (@ 15:56)Table of contents: Social diversity in Palestine. (@ 26:50)Table of contents: War time and military occupation. (@ 47:26)
Biography: The interview was recorded on April 6, 1997 with Fāṭimah Muḥammad Abū Sālim, female, born in 1925 in al-Ṭīrah, Palestine and resides in Tyre, Lebanon.Table of contents: Short story. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Story of Ghuzzilmah. (@ 10:57)Table of contents: Story of the green bird. (@ 31:16)Table of contents: Story of Umm Ṣubayḥ and Abū Ṣubayḥ. (@ 36:15)Table of contents: Palestinian folk stories. (@ 41:25)
Biography: The interview was recorded on September 15, 1997 with Fāṭimah Muṣṭafá al-Rūbī, female, born in 1934 in Safad, Palestine and resides in al-Burj al-Shamālī, Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: al-Naḥawī; al-‘Arabī; al-Shab‘ānī; Dīb.Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Jāmi‘ al-Aḥmar (Mosque).Significant figures: al-Rūbī, Sa‘īd (Butcher); Abū al-Laban, Ṣāliḥ (Landlord); al-Rūbī, Muḥammad (Arab Salavtion Army soldier); al-Rūbī, Ibrāhīm (Arab Salvation Army soldier).Table of contents: Pre Nakba life. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Socio political dynamics in Safad. (@ 6:40)Table of contents: Violence and armed resistance. (@ 14:41)Table of contents: Refugees and displacement. (@ 20:52)Table of contents: Refugee life. (@ 30:20)Table of contents: Revisiting Palestine. (@ 47:38)
Biography: كما سجلت المقابلة أيضّا مع صباح عوض، أنثى، ولدت عام 1976؟ وتقيم في صور، لبنان.Table of contents: Palestinian folk traditions and songs. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Palestinian folk stories . (@ 21:49)Table of contents: Folk story: The king and the peasant. (@ 35:29)Table of contents: Folk stories II: Shams al-Shumūs and the Ghoul. (@ 50:12)
Biography: The interview was recorded on ٍSeptember 22, 1997 with Muḥammad Ḥasan al-Aswad, male, born in 1920 in al-Karmil, Palestine and resides in al-Rashīdīyah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He was Quarrier.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Haifa Port (Port).Landmarks-Private Institutions: Evangelical School (School); Maṭār Nihlāl (Airport); Utility Company (Corporation); Egged Bus Company (Corporation); Schwat (Corporation).Landmarks-Places of Worship: Jāmi‘ al-Ḥāj ‘Abdullāh (Mosque).Significant figures: Abū Durrah, Muḥammad (Revolutionary leader); Ṣahyūn, Rājī (News reporter); Srūr, Abū Maḥmūd (Leader).Table of contents: Zionist infiltration and political turmoil during the British Mandate. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Britain and Germany in the second world war . (@ 11:27)Table of contents: Palestine from Ottoman to British rule. (@ 31:43)Table of contents: Jews, Palestinians and one Palestine during the British Mandate. (@ 42:33)Table of contents: Social life in Palestine before Nakba. (@ 58:58)Table of contents: Community traditions and customs in Palestine during the British rule. (@ 68:46)
Biography: The interview was recorded on December 1, 1995 with Muḥammad Saʻd al-Quṭṭ, male, born in 1921 in Umm al-Faraj, Palestine and resides in al-Rashidīyah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: al-Zayādinah.Table of contents: Proverbs and wise sayings . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Popular songs and Arabic proverbs. (@ 26:48)Table of contents: Arabic proverbs and real life stories . (@ 49:47)Table of contents: Arabic proverbs and storytelling . (@ 78:24)Table of contents: Proverb tales and advice . (@ 86:53)Table of contents: Benevolence and Palestinian-Jewish relations. (@ 105:55)Table of contents: Popular tales . (@ 129:13)Table of contents: Short stories . (@ 153:53)
Biography: The interview was recorded on August 28, 1997 with Muḥammad Sa‘d al-Quṭṭ, male, born in 1919 in Umm al-Faraj, Palestine and resides in al-Rashīdīyah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Significant figures: al-ʻAwaḍ, Rabāḥ (Revolutionary leader); al-Ṣaffūrī, Abū Maḥmūd (Revolutionary leader); Shanārū, Khalīl (Revolutionary leader); al-Shuqayrī, Anwar (Doctor); al-Shuqayrī, Asʻad (Shaykh); Shiḥādah, Muḥammad (Coffeehouse owner); Huwaydī, Ḥamīd (Trader); Sirḥān, Nāyif (Leader); al-Rīnāwī, Tawfīq (Poet); al-Majdalāwī, Rashīd (Poet).Table of contents: Agriculture life in Palestine before Nakba. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Economic and political conditions during the Ottoman and British rule. (@ 12:2)Table of contents: Revolution and revolutionists during the British Mandate. (@ 21:52)Table of contents: Community life and celebrations. (@ 45:42)Table of contents: Life style in Palestine before Nakba. (@ 59:57)
Biography: The interview was recorded on November 17, 1998 with Maḥmūd Yūsuf Dakwar, male, born in 1937 in Qaddītā, Palestine and resides in Tyre, Lebanon. He was an anthropologist.Families: Ḥlayḥil; Dakwar.Landmarks-Places of Worship: Elias Church (Church); Masjid al-Aqṣá (Mosque); Kanīsat al-Bishārah (Church); Masjid al- Ṣakhrah (Mosque).Significant figures: Zaʻrūrah, Abū 'Alī (Resistance fighter); Rāḍī, Sharīf (Resistance fighter); Shūmān, Aḥmad (Leader); Nuwayhiḍ, Bayān (Professor); Atanas, ʻAql (Priest); Ghaṭṭās, Ghaṭṭās (School principal); ‘Abdūshah, Laṭīf (Teacher); ‘Arrāf, Shukrī (Writer).Table of contents: Early life: Family, childhood and schooling. (@ 0:29)Table of contents: Village description and Zionist infiltration . (@ 15:47)Table of contents: Folk traditions in Palestine before Nakba. (@ 31:7)Table of contents: Rural life and childhood memories. (@ 49:52)Table of contents: War time and military occupation. (@ 62:42)Table of contents: Forced departure from Qaddītā in 1948. (@ 75:7)Table of contents: Exile and refugee life. (@ 80:5)Table of contents: Cultural activities for Palestine in Exile. (@ 93:37)Table of contents: Palestinian handicrafts . (@ 117:40)Table of contents: Palestinian documents collections. (@ 146:15)Table of contents: Palestinian heritage equal to the Palestinian national identity. (@ 159:7)Table of contents: Heritage and identity . (@ 182:38)Table of contents: Conservation of the Palestinian cultural heritage. (@ 208:50)Table of contents: The Palestinian cultural identity. (@ 231:34)Table of contents: Revisiting Palestine. (@ 249:3)Table of contents: Family, land and childhood memories in occupied Palestine. (@ 265:35)Table of contents: Cities and villages under Israeli occupation. (@ 279:14)Table of contents: Collecting old remains from his destroyed village. (@ 297:43)Table of contents: Heritage theft. (@ 316:53)Table of contents: Palestinians under Israeli occupation. (@ 327:0)Table of contents: Palestinians in Israel, segregation and discrimination. (@ 347:17)Table of contents: Nostalgia for Palestine. (@ 361:38)
Biography: The interview was recorded on August 21, 1997 with Mūsà al-Ḥāj Mūsà, male, born in 1927 in Umm al-Faraj, Palestine and resides in al-Baṣṣ Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.He worked at the British Army camps.Significant figures: al-Yamanī, Muḥammad (Shaykh).Table of contents: Palestinian popular culture. (@ 0:02)Table of contents: Economic and political conditions in the village during the British rule. (@ 18:8)Table of contents: Working with the British forces. (@ 35:28)Table of contents: Employment, agriculture and community life. (@ 60:15)
Biography: The interview was recorded on October 7, 1997 with Nāyfah ʻAbd al-Tāyih, female, born in 1936 in Haifa, Palestine and resides in Aleppo, Syria.Landmarks-Public Institutions: al-Mustashfá al-Ḥukūmī (Hospital).Landmarks-Private Institutions: Egged Bus Company (Corporation); Bata (Corporation).Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Shaykh ‘Īsá (Maqām); al-Khiḍir (Maqām); Mar Elias (Maqām); Jāmi‘ al-Jazzār (Mosque).Significant figures: Ḍargham, Srūr (Revolutionary leader).Table of contents: Childhood and social conditions in the city. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Social dynamics in Haifa. (@ 13:44)Table of contents: Political turmoil, revolutionaries and military activity. (@ 22:13)Table of contents: War time and expulsion. (@ 31:3)Table of contents: Sufferance and death during the expulsion. (@ 41:13)Table of contents: Refugee life, humiliation and isolation. (@ 54:34)Table of contents: Exile and immigration. (@ 69:14)