Biography: The interview was recorded on November 18, 1998 with Aḥmad Saʻīd ʻAbd al-Ghanī, male, born in 1929 in Dabbūrīyah, Palestine. He was a police officer in the British Police forces during the mandate.Families: Yūsuf; Ibrāhīm; al-Maṣāliḥah; al-ʻAzāyzah; al-Aṭrash; al-Najjār; al-Yūsufī; Khamīs.Landmarks-Private Institutions: Haifa Oil Refinery (Corporation); Iraqi Pipeline Company (Corporation); German Hospital (Hospital).Significant figures: Abū Zurāq, Ḥasan (Mayor); al-Burīnī, Saʻīd (Policeman); Abū al-Nʻāj, Nimir (Military officer); Khamīs, Mūsá (Policeman); al-ʻDaysī, Aḥmad (Martyr); Simḥān, Maḥmūd Resistance leader); Sallām, Ibrāhīm (Resistance fighter); al-ʻAwartānī, Muḥammad (Resistance leader); Ḥadīd, Aḥmad (Resistance leader); Mifliḥ, Yūsuf (Resistance leader); al-Dājānī, Mūsá (Resistance leader); al-Ghuzz, Abū Maḥmūd (Resistance leader); Abū Nʻāj, Nimir (Arab Salvation Army leader).Table of contents: Employment in the British Police forces . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: British Police activity and army mistreatment during the Arab Revolt, 1936-1939. (@ 27:46)Table of contents: Zionist invasion and Palestinian resistance. (@ 35:15)Table of contents: Zionist occupation and expulsion. (@ 60:8)Table of contents: Return to Palestine and resistance . (@ 83:24)
Biography: The interview was recorded on January 12, 1999 with Ibrāhīm Yūsuf Rinnū, male, born in 1926 in Haifa, Palestine and resides in Tripoli, Lebanon. He was a fisherman.Families: Abū Zayd, Rinnū; al-Ḥāj Ibrāhīm; al-Ḥāj Khalīl; al-Bāshā; al-Ḥāj Sālim; Ḥishmī; Abū Hawwāsh.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Palestine Electric Company (Corporation).Landmarks-Private Institutions: Shell Palestine (Corporation).Significant figures: al-Nāṣirī, Abū ‘Alī (Martyr); Rinnū, Kāmil (Leader); al-Ḥāj Khalīl, Ṭāhā (Martyr).Table of contents: Palestinian-Jewish relations and Zionist terrorism . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Socio-economic dynamics in Haifa. (@ 11:19)Table of contents: Socio-economic life and expulsion. (@ 40:1)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة أيضا مع غزالة إبراهيم عبد المعطي، أنثى، ولدت عام 1927 في بيت لحم، فلسطين وتقيم في مخيم نهر البارد للاجئين الفلسطينيين، لبنان.Significant figures: al-Bahār, Khaḍrah (Midwife); Abū N‘āj, Nimir (Resistance leader).Table of contents: Displacement, exile and hope. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Palestinian children folk songs. (@ 12:54)Table of contents: Socio-economic dynamics in Palestine before Nakba. (@ 31:28)
Biography: The interview was recorded on January 7, 1997 with Zahrah Fahd Murrah, female, born in 1930 in Suḥmātā, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Landmarks-Places of Worship: Sabalān (Maqām); al-Nabī Shuʻayb (Maqām).Significant figures: Murrah, Muḥammad (Revolutionary leader); Qaddūrah, Maḥmūd Ṣāliḥ (Martyr); Falāḥ, ʻAlī (Mayor); al-Ṭunnah, Yūsuf (Mayor); Mubaddah, Nāyif (Martyr); Ḥusayn, Ḥusayn Muḥammad (Mayor); ʻAbbūd, Khalīl (Martyr); Qāsim, Muḥammad Khalīl (Martyr); ʻAbd al-Wahāb, Aḥmad (Martyr); Murrah, Muḥammad (Wounded); al-Salīm, Aḥmad (Martyr).Table of contents: Suḥmātā during the Arab Revolt, 1936-1939 under the British Mandate. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Israeli occupation and expulsion . (@ 6:44)Table of contents: Community life and beliefs in Sabalān. (@ 21:22)Table of contents: Expulsion and suffering. (@ 31:27)Table of contents: Refugee experience and hardships . (@ 42:34)Table of contents: Palestinian folk songs and wedding customs. (@ 51:32)
Biography: The interview was recorded on November 30, 1998 with Zaynab Ibrāhīm Khalīl, female, born in ʻAmqā, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Significant figures: ʻAbd al-Rāziq, Abū Ḥusayn (Mayor); al-Majẓub, Abū Muḥammad (Mayor).Table of contents: Socio-economic dynamics in the village. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Community life in the village. (@ 16:38)Table of contents: Palestinian handicrafts and refugee hopes for the future. (@ 29:4)
Biography: كما سجلت المقابلة أيضا مع لطيفة أسعد أبو طه، انثى، ولدت عام 1922 في البروة، فلسطين وتقيم في مخيم نهر البارد للاجئين الفلسطينيين، لبنان.Families: Darwīsh; al-Kayyāl; Dīb; Saʻd.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Maḥkamat al-Jināyāt fī Akka (Court).Significant figures: al-Saʻdī, Muṣṭafá (Bus driver); al-Ḥumayrī, Nimir (Political prisoner); Fandī, ʻAlī (Political prisoner); al-Ḥammād, Nimir (Martyr); Darwīsh, Aḥmad (Village leader); Darwīsh, Ḥasan (Mayor); Ṭāhā, Yūsuf (Mayor).Table of contents: Violence, battles and exile. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Political turmoil, revolutionary and military activity. (@ 11:46)Table of contents: Community celebrations and customs. (@ 21:35)Table of contents: Refugee life conditions in Lebanon. (@ 31:37)Table of contents: War time and military occupation. (@ 37:49)
Biography: البريطاني خلال الإنتداب.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Haifa Oil Refinery (Corporation); Maṭār al-Jāʻūnah (Airport); Haifa port (Port).Landmarks-Private Institutions: Sarāyāt Kanʻān (Students dorms); Sharikat al-‘Alamayn (Corporation).Landmarks-Places of Worship: Jāmiʻ al-Istiqlāl (Mosque); Jāmiʻ al-Jraynī (Mosque).Significant figures: al-Kūrī, Maḥmūd (Auto mechanic); al-Rifāʻī, Aḥmad (Shaykh); al-Khaṭīb, Muḥammad Nimir (Resistance fighter leader); al-Shā‘ir, ‘Abdullāh (Resistance fighter leader); al-Ḥamad, Muḥammad (Resistance fighter); Fnaysh, Sārī (Arab Salvation Army commander); al-Rifaʻī, Aḥmad (Shaykh).Table of contents: Political turmoil, revolutionaries, and military acivity . (@ 0:04)Table of contents: Battles and armed resistance. (@ 24:21)Table of contents: Military occupation of Palestine. (@ 35:24)Table of contents: War time and occupation. (@ 47:24)Table of contents: Battles and memories of war. (@ 71:34)
Biography: The interview was recorded on November 17, 1998 with ʻAbdullāh Muḥammad al-Sayyid, male, born in 1924 in Saʻsaʻ, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He served in the British Police forces in Palestine during the mandate.Families: al-Sayyid; Wihbī; al-Ḥāj; al-Shaykh Khalīl; Qaddūrah.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Maḥkamat al-Ṣulḥ (Governmental institution); Maṭār al-Jāʻūnah (Airport).Landmarks-Private Institutions: Haifa Cigarettes Manufacture (Corporation); Sharikat al-Ittīḥād (Corporation).Significant figures: al-Sayyid, Muḥammad Maḥāsin (Mayor); Wihbī, Zaydān (Mayor); ʻAbd al-Rāziq, Riḍā (Scout leader); Yāsīn, Yāsīn (Martyr); al-Dīb, Shaykhah (Martyr); ʻAzzām, Maḥmūd (Martyr); al-Sayyid, Abū Muḥammad Dyāb (Resistance fighter); al-Sayyid, Saʻīd ʻAbd al-Khāliq (Resistance fighter); Qaddūrah, ʻAbd al-Majīd (Martyr); al-Balʻūs, Ṣubḥī (Scout trainer); ‘Abdullāh al-Aṣbaḥ (Resistance leader.Table of contents: Agriculture and rural conditions in Saʻsaʻ . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Agriculture and rural life. (@ 22:14)Table of contents: Economic conditions in Saʻsaʻ during the British Mandate. (@ 51:9)Table of contents: Employment in the British police forces. (@ 75:16)Table of contents: Zionist Invasion of Palestine in 1948 and expulsion. (@ 87:49)Table of contents: Expulsion from Saʻsaʻ and hope of return. (@ 104:32)Table of contents: Scout incident and martyrdom of resistance leader ‘Abdullāh al-Aṣbaḥ. (@ 116:23)
Biography: The interview was recorded on September 25, 1995 with ‘Abdullāh Muṣṭafá ‘Abdullāh, male, born in 1923? in Saʻsaʻ, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Shaykh Wuhayyib (Maqām).Table of contents: Wedding songs and customs. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Palestinian folk songs. (@ 9:26)
Biography: The interview was recorded on June 15, 1997 with ʻAlī al-Qādirī, male, born in 1924 in al-Ṣafṣāf, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He was the Imām of the mosque in al-Ṣafṣāf.Significant figures: Ismāʻīl, Muḥammad (Arab Salvation Army commander); Kāyid, Aḥmad (Martyr).Table of contents: Zionist invasion and occupation of Palestine, 1948 . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Warfare and expulsion from Palestine. (@ 10:2)Table of contents: Refugee conditions in exile . (@ 22:24)
Biography: The interview was recorded on January 2, 1999 with Fāṭimah Ḥamad ‘Aṭīyah, female, born in 1927 in Jāḥūlā, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: ‘Aṭīyah; ‘Alī; Sha‘bān.Significant figures: ‘Alī, Mir‘ī Ḥasan (Mayor); al-Ḥusayn, Kāmil (Leader).Table of contents: Mayorship and social life in Jāḥūlā . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Mayorship activity and social relations. (@ 28:27)Table of contents: Expulsion from Palestine and mayorship Post-Nakba. (@ 49:26)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة أيضاً مع ابنها عبدو سعيد غفور، ذكر، ولد في عكا، فلسطين.Families: al-Bayā‘ah; al-Ghandūr; al-Srūjī; al-Sa‘dī.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Madrasat al-Azhar (School).Landmarks-Private Institutions: Madrasat al-Furqah (School).Landmarks-Places of Worship: Jāmi‘ al-Mu‘allaq (Mosque); Kanīsat al-Rūm (Church); Jāmi‘ al-Majādlī (Mosque); Jāmi‘ al-Jazzār (Mosque).Significant figures: Qazmūz, Sa‘īd (Prayer caller); Qazmūz, Maḥmūd (Prayer caller).Table of contents: Childhood and wedding customs in Akka. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Community life and landmarks in Akka. (@ 16:27)Table of contents: Akka during the Arab Revolt, 1936-1939 and Palestinian-Jewish relations. (@ 32:9)Table of contents: Expulsion from Palestine and return visit . (@ 38:8)Table of contents: Attempt at return to Akka. (@ 55:38)
Biography: The interview was recorded on June 27, 1997 with Qāsim Rāghib Dīb, male, born in 1922 in ʻAmqā, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Significant figures: al-Tawbah, Aḥmad (Revolutionary leader); al-Ghuzz, Abū Maḥmūd (Revolutionary leader).Table of contents: Historical events leading to Nakba. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Palestine during the Arab Revolt, 1936-1939 and Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948. (@ 10:57)Table of contents: Expulsion, refugee experience in exile, and hope of return. (@ 21:41)
Biography: The interview was recorded on November 9, 1998 with Qāsim Sa‘īd Qāsim,male, born in 1928 in Khirbat Jālīn, Palestine and resides in al-Burghulīyah Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Significant figures: al-Ḥasan, Nāyif (Mayor).Table of contents: Characteristics of a tribal community. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Social life in Khirbat Jālīn. (@ 16:59)Table of contents: Bedouin houses practices. (@ 22:39)Table of contents: Tribal community customs. (@ 41:46)Table of contents: Socio-political dynamics during british rule and Zionist invasion. (@ 60:14)Table of contents: Tribal society in Palestine. (@ 68:1)
Biography: The interview was recorded on September 23, 1997 with Muḥammad Aḥmad ‘Abd al-Mu‘ṭī, male, born in 1927 in Ṣaffūrīyah , Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He was a trader.Families: Shiḥādah.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Haifa port (Port).Table of contents: Economic sectors in the village during the British Mandate. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Everyday economic practices and life conditions bfore 1948. (@ 12:11)Table of contents: Employment, agriculture and community life during the British Mandate. (@ 30:44)Table of contents: War events and expulsion. (@ 43:29)
Biography: The interview was recorded on November 11, 1998 with Muḥammad ‘Abd al-Karīm ‘Azzām, male, born in 1924 in Ṣaffūrīyah , Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He was a circumcisor.Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Masjid al-Aqṣá (Mosque).Significant figures: al-Ḥāj Muḥammad, Muḥammad Sulaymān (Landowner); al-Fāhūm, Rāfi‘ (Resistance leader); al-Ṣaffūrī, ‘Abd al-Raḥmān (Writer).Table of contents: Social values and traditions in the village. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Ceremonies and community traditions in Palestine. (@ 11:42)Table of contents: Political turmoil and resistance. (@ 25:47)Table of contents: Revisiting Palestine under Israeli occupation. (@ 43:24)Table of contents: Tales of wonder, wisdom and heroes. (@ 60:4)Table of contents: Tales of passed times. (@ 70:39)Table of contents: Popular stories. (@ 77:7)Table of contents: Community life and traditions. (@ 87:18)
Biography: The interview was recorded on May 3, 1997 with Maḥmūd Aḥmad Shtaywī, male, born in 1936 in Naḥf, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Madrasat Naḥf (School); Madrasat al-Rāmah (School).Significant figures: Naḥlah, Jamīl (Mayor); al-Dāhish, Jabr (Mayor); Shuqayr, Abū ʻAlī (Prisoner of war).Table of contents: Early life and betrayal . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Expulsion from al-Rāmah and journey to exile . (@ 8:21)Table of contents: Refugee experience and hardships in Lebanon. (@ 36:4)Table of contents: Attempt at return to Palestine and rejection. (@ 43:10)Table of contents: Communication with family relations in occupied Palestine . (@ 59:40)
Biography: The interview was recorded on September 1, 1998 with Nāyif Darwīsh ‘Alī, male, born in 1917 in Khirbat Saʻsaʻ, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He was a trader.Landmarks-Private Institutions: al-Mustashfá al-Islāmī (Hospital).Significant figures: al-Bukhārī , Yūsuf (Musician).Table of contents: Political turmoil and military attack. (@ 0:05)Table of contents: Wedding celebrations and political conditions in Palestine before 1948. (@ 8:5)Table of contents: Folk songs. (@ 26:37)
Biography: The interview was recorded on December 8,1998 with Nāyifah Muḥammad Ibrāhīm, female, born in 1922 in Kawkab Abū al-Hayjāʼ, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Landmarks-Places of Worship: Abū al-Hayjāʼ(Maqām).Significant figures: Shiḥādah, Maḥmūd (Mayor); al-Ibrāhīm, Khalīl Muḥammad (Martyr); al-Muṣṭafá, Tawfīq Ḥusayn (Martyr); al-Ṣāliḥ, Ṭāhā (Revolutionary leader).Table of contents: Socio-economic dynamics in the village. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Community life in the village. (@ 14:26)Table of contents: Palestinian popular resistance and leadership. (@ 26:55)Table of contents: War events and military occupation. (@ 40:5)Table of contents: Revisiting Palestine. (@ 53:41)Table of contents: Poems and nostalgia for Palestine. (@ 66:53)
Biography: The interview was recorded on December 7, 1998 with Yāsīn al-Ḥāj, male, born in 1924 in Kafr ʻAnān, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He worked as a policeman.Families: Khashshān; Manṣūr.Landmarks-Private Institutions: Mustashfá al-Quds (Hospital).Landmarks-Places of Worship: Kanīsat al-Qiyāmah (Church); al-Masjid al-Aqṣá (Mosque).Significant figures: Sa‘d, Fu'ād (Landowner); al-Khaṭīb, Aḥmad (Jailer); al-‘Alī, Salīm Mūsá (Jailer); al-‘Akkī, Aḥmad (Judge); al-Khaṭīb, Muḥammad (Judge); Salīm, Aḥmad Muḥammad (Prisoner); Ṭabarī, Ṣidqī (Resistance leadrer); al-Khaṭīb, Aḥmad (Mayor); al-Khalīl, ‘Abd al-Raḥmān (Resistance leader); al-ʻAlī, Salīm Mūsá (Policeman); Ṭāhā, Muḥammad (Policeman); al-ʻAlī, Jamīl Mūsá (Policeman); al-Mūsá, Alī (Policeman).Table of contents: Agriculture and everyday life. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Economic conditions in Kafr ʻAnān. (@ 22:3)Table of contents: Professions and economic conditions in the village. (@ 33:46)Table of contents: Prisons and prisoners during the British rule. (@ 44:6)Table of contents: Prisoners conditions situation in Palestine during the British rule. (@ 67:1)Table of contents: Socio-political conditions in Jerusalem. (@ 87:47)Table of contents: War time and military occupation. (@ 106:7)Table of contents: Working with the British police forces. (@ 122:11)
Biography: The interview was recorded on September 20, 1997 with Nabīhah Khatīb, female, born in 1927 in ʻAmqā, Palestine.Table of contents: Purposeful story of Palestinian popular culture. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Story of the lazy man and his wife. (@ 18:22)Table of contents: Story of a king and his sons. (@ 25:47)