Biography: The interview was recorded on November 24, 1998 with Aḥmad Faḍīl Hijjū, male, born in 1922 in Lūbyā, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He was a Police officer in the British Police forces during the mandate.Families: al-Shahāyibah; al-ʻAjāyinah; al-ʻAṭwāt; al-Ḥajājiwah.Landmarks-Private Institutions: Haifa Oil Refinery (Corporation); Iraqi Petroleum Company (Corporation).Significant figures: ʻAbd al-Qādir, Khalīl (Mayor); al-Shihābī, Yaḥyá Saʻīd (Mayor); Abū Dhays, Ḥasan (Mayor); al-ʻAṭwāt, Kāmil (Policeman); al-Fawwāz, Ibrāḥīm (Policeman); Abū Dhays, Muṣṭafá (Policeman); al-Fayyāḍ, ʻUthmān (Policeman); Ṭabbārah, Anīs (Policeman); Saʻīd, Sulaymān (Policeman); al-Khaḍrah, Aḥmad (Policeman); al-Jayyūsī, Ḥusnī (Lawyer).Table of contents: Socio-economic conditions and rural life. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Employment in the British police forces. (@ 18:14)Table of contents: British Police activity in Palestine. (@ 37:54)Table of contents: British police during 1948 and expulsion. (@ 64:57)Table of contents: British Police activity and Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948 . (@ 89:44)Table of contents: Warfare and expulsion from Palestine . (@ 105:44)
Biography: The interview was recorded on September 7, 1997 with Aḥmad Muḥammad ʻAsqūl, male, born in 1937 in Bīrīyā, Palestine.Families: Ṣawwān; Ayyūbī; Shaʻbān.Significant figures: Ṣawwān, Aḥmad (Mayor); Shaʻbān, ʻAlī (Shepherd); Brayk, Shafīq (School principal); al-Najjār, Muḥammad (Camp leader); Ḥamad, Ḥasan (Public servant).Table of contents: Political dynamics in the village during the British Mandate. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Childhood and socio-political dynamics in the village. (@ 8:9)Table of contents: Violence and military occupation. (@ 21:33)Table of contents: Village occupation and displacement. (@ 39:56)Table of contents: Refugees and displacement. (@ 50:32)Table of contents: Exile and immigration. (@ 67:49)
Biography: The interview was recorded on May 30, 1997 with Aḥmad Mifliḥ ‘Alāʼ al-Dīn, male, born in 1931 in Ṣaffurīyah, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Significant figures: al-Ghuzz, Abū Mahmūd (Resistance leader); al-ʻĪsá, Sulaymān ‘Abd al-Raḥmān (Martyr); Sulaymān, Muḥammad (Martyr); ‘Alāʼ al-Dīn, ‘Abd al-Raḥmān Mifliḥ (Policeman); al-Ghuzz, Abū Maḥmūd (Resistance leader); al-Naṣr, Saʻīd (Survival); al-Ṭufaylī, ‘Alī (Survival).Table of contents: Battles and armed resistance. (@ 0:01)Table of contents: War time and military occupation. (@ 15:4)Table of contents: Village occupation and exile. (@ 22:40)Table of contents: Refugee life in Lebanon. (@ 33:17)Table of contents: Refugees hopes for the future. (@ 47:42)
Biography: The interview was recorded with Aḥmad Mifliḥ ‘Alā’ al-Dīn (Abū Usāmah), male, born in Ṣaffūrīyah, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Significant figures: al-‘Īsá, Sulaymān Muḥammad ‘Abd al-Raḥmān (Martyr); Sulaymān, Muḥammad (Martyr); ‘Alā’ al-Dīn, ‘Abd al-Raḥmān Mufliḥ (Resistance fighter); al-Ghuzz, Abū Maḥmūd (Resistance leader).Table of contents: Zionist invasion and resistance . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Resistance, occupation, and expulsion from Ṣaffūrīyah. (@ 11:28)Table of contents: Journey to exile and refugee experience . (@ 34:18)Table of contents: Final reflections on the future of Palestinians . (@ 54:53)
Biography: The interview was recorded on December 16, 1998 with Aḥmad Yūsuf Qaddūrah, male, born in Suḥmātā, Palestine and resides in al-Biqāʻ, Lebanon.Families: Qaddūrah; al-Madāydī; Mūsá; Fāyiz; al-Jishshī.Landmarks-Private Institutions: Haifa Cigarettes Manufacture (Corporation); Būtāgī Company (Corporation).Significant figures: al-‘Abd Mūsá, Sa‘īd (Mayor); Qayṣar, Jirjis (Mayor); Qaddūrah, ‘Alī Ṣāliḥ (Mayor); ‘Alī, al-‘Abd (Mayor).Table of contents: Agriculture and socio-economic conditions in Suḥmātā . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Tobacco industry in Palestine . (@ 9:17)Table of contents: Cultivating and picking Tobacco in Palestine. (@ 37:10)Table of contents: Economic dynamics in the village before Nakba. (@ 45:2)
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 with Umm al-ʻAbd, female, born in Ṣaffurīyah, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: Za‘rūrah; ‘Izzīyah; Sulaymān; Maw‘id; Abū al-N‘āj; ‘Aṭīyah; Khaṭṭāb.Table of contents: Wedding customs and songs . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Social customs and community life in pre-Nakba Palestine. (@ 11:40)Table of contents: Palestinian songs and customs . (@ 20:48)
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)