Biography: The interview was recorded on March 11, 2006 with Ḥamdah Qāsim Kinyār, female, born in 1929? in Qadas, Palestine and resides in al-Anṣārīyah, Lebanon.Families: Farḥāt; Bazzī.Table of contents: Economic conditions in Palestine before the Zionist occupation. (@ 0:20)Table of contents: Social and political conditions in Qadas during the Zionist invasion. (@ 20:9)
Biography: The interview was recorded on April 25, 2004 with Ḥamīd Frayj, male, born in 1920 in al-Zūq al-Taḥtānī, Palestine. He was a soldier in the Trans-Jordan Frontier Forces.Families: al-Shihābī; Ghulmīyah; Francis.Significant figures: al-Qāsim, Ḥammūd (Teacher); al-Dakhīl, Shiḥādah (Mayor); al-Yūsuf, Khalaf (Village leader); Zayn, Muḥammad Salīm (Public officer); al-Ḥusayn, Kāmil (Leader); al-Ḥāj, Muṣliḥ (Musician); al-Ḥāj, ʻAbdū (Musician); al-Ḥmayyid, Muṣṭafá (Musician).Table of contents: Childhood memories and hardships
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Biography: The interview was recorded in January 4, 2006 with Ḥawwā Ibrāhīm al-Majdhūb, female, born in ʻAmqā, Palestine and resides ‘Ayn al-Ḥilwah Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: al-Majdhūb; ʻAbd al-Razzāq.Significant figures: al-Ẓarīf, Āminah (Hairdresser); Farfaḥῑnῑ, Dῑb (Poet); Abū Jāmūs, Ḥalῑmah (Tailor).Table of contents: Socio-economic conditions in ‘Amqā . (@ 0:03)Table of contents: Political and social conditions during the Zionist occupation and the expulsion to Lebanon . (@ 25:46)
Biography: The interview was recorded on July 23, 2005 with Khālid Ḥusayn Ṭāhā, male, born in 1932 in al-Kābrī, Palestine and resides in Burj al-Barājinah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: Rāfi‘; Sirḥān; Balqīs; Qaddūrah; Ṭāhā; ʻᾹṭif.Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Mughāzī (Maqām).Significant figures: al-Maṣrī, ʻAbdū (Teacher); al-Sa‘dī, Umm Rafīq (Landowner); Balqīs, Dīb (Mayor); Sirḥān, Fāris (Village leader).Table of contents: Education, agriculture and everyday life. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Agriculture and social life. (@ 17:28)Table of contents: Social life in the village. (@ 31:34)
Biography: The interview was recorded on May 5, 2004 with Khadījah ʻAbdullāh al-Tuhāmī, female, born in Hawshah, Palestine.Families: Barghīs; al-Waḥsh; al-Sallāmah; al-Qablīnī.Landmarks-Private Institutions: al-‘Afīfī Bus Company (Corporation).Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Nabī Hushān (Maqām).Significant figures: Barghīs, Muḥammad (Mayor); ʻĪsá, Mūsá (Martyr); Barghīs, Muḥammad (Martyr); Barghīs, Luṭfīyah (Martyr).Table of contents: Rural life in Hawshah. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Community life and customs at Hawshah . (@ 14:13)Table of contents: Palestinian handicrafts and cooking. (@ 32:20)Table of contents: Zionist invasion and expulsion. (@ 43:20)Table of contents: Hardships of expulsion and hope of return. (@ 67:12)
Biography: The interview was recorded on September 11, 2005 with Khaznah Ḥusayn al-As‘ad, female, born in 1932? in Iksāl, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: ‘Abdullāh.Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Nabī Dāwūd (Maqām); al-‘Ajamī (Maqām).Significant figures: al-Mūsá, Aḥmad (Mayor).Table of contents: Everyday life and political activity in the village. (@ 0:40)Table of contents: Zionist infiltration and attacks. (@ 11:35)Table of contents: The Palestinian exodus. (@ 27:38)
Biography: The interview was recorded on January 22, 2006 with Khaznah Muḥammad Shiḥādah, female, born in 1933 in Majd al-Kurūm, Palestine and resides in Beirut, Lebanon.Families: al-Afandī; Mannā‘ah; al-Khalīl; ‘Alwān; al-Khaṭīb; Shiḥādah.Landmarks-Places of Worship: Shaykh Ṭuʻmah (Maqām); Shaykh Sarrīs (Maqām).Significant figures: Salīm, Kāmil (School principal); Salīm, Muḥammad (Mayor); Sarḥān, Ḥasan (Mayor); Fustuq, Maḥmūd (Trader); Bishir, ʻAbd (Revolutionary); al-ʻAbd, Rashīd (Singer).Table of contents: Socio-economic life in the village. (@ 0:04)Table of contents: Social conditions in Majd al-Kurūm. (@ 15:32)Table of contents: Community celebrations, customs and traditions . (@ 31:29)Table of contents: Political dynamics int Majd al-Kurūm during the British Mandate. (@ 48:27)Table of contents: Zionist invasion of Majd al-Kurūm. (@ 55:59)Table of contents: The expulsion to Lebanon. (@ 73:46)
Biography: The interview was recorded on June 6, 2004 with Khalīl Bayyūk, male, born in al-Ramlah, Palestine and resides in al-Ḥamrā, Lebanon.Families: Salāmah; al-Rifāʻī; al-Sūsū; al-Kuṭṭī; Zabānī; Sallām; al-Zughalī; al-Ḥusaynī; al-Fār; al-Billī; Kishhīk.Landmarks-Private Institutions: Saint Joseph School (School).Landmarks-Places of Worship: Dayr al-Lātīn (Convent).Table of contents: Education and childhood memories. (@ 0:09)Table of contents: Social and community life . (@ 13:29)Table of contents: Political conditions and Expulsion from al-Ramlah. (@ 28:6)
Biography: The interview was recorded on March 2, 2006 with Khalīl Ḥusayn al-Maqdaḥ, male, born in 1915 in al-Ghābisīyah, Palestine and resides in ‘Ayn al-Ḥilwah Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: Da‘bs; Yāsīn; Ward; Ṣaqr; Sakhnīnī; Khraybī; Bayḍūn.Significant figures: Feffer, Moshe (Foreman); Hensy Aronson (Foreman); Khayen, Lamdani (Foreman); Ward, ‘Īsá (Resistance leader).Table of contents: Social and economic conditions in al-Manshīyah during the British rule. (@ 0:11)Table of contents: Arab revolution and the Zionist invasion. (@ 22:28)
Biography: The interview was recorded on June 14, with Dyāb ʻAlī S‘ayyid, male, born in ʻAlmā, Palestine and resides in al-Qāsimīyah, Lebanon.Significant figures: al-Sa‘īd, Ḥasan (Martyr).Table of contents: Social dynamics in the village. (@ 0:03)Table of contents: Political conditions in ʻAlmā during the Zionist occupation. (@ 19:38)
Biography: .ولدت عام 1928 في قدس، فلسطين وتقيم في الأنصارية، لبنانFamilies: Kinyār; Dirbāj.Significant figures: al-Mārdīnī, Aḥmad (Landowner); Ḥadīd, Khalīl (Public officer); ‘Īsá, Siknah (Martyr); Zughayb, Muḥammad (Martyr); Jumʻa, Mūsá (Martyr); Ibrāhīm, Yūsuf (Martyr).Table of contents: Social and economic conditions in Qadas. (@ 0:07)Table of contents: Political and economic conditions in Qadas during the Zionist invasion and the expulsion to Lebanon. (@ 19:33)
Biography: The interview was recorded on March 12, 2006 with Rashīd Yūsuf Muṣṭafá, male, born in al-Mālikīyah, Palestine and resides in al-Najjārīyah, Lebanon.Families: Muṣṭafá; Khalīl; Mūsá; al-Mārdīnī.Landmarks-Places of Worship: Nabī Yūshaʻ (Maqām).Significant figures: Khalīl, Muḥammad (Mayor).Table of contents: al-Mālikīyah history during Ottoman and British rule. (@ 0:03)Table of contents: Political dynamics in al-Mālikīyah during the Zionist invasion. (@ 21:32)