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: 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 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: The interview was recorded on February 12, 1999 with Fāṭimah Kāmil al-Qāḍī, female, Born in 1932 in Tarshīḥā, Palestine and resides in Burj al-Barājinah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: al-Qāḍī; al-Jishshī; Sirḥān; al-Āghā.Significant figures: Shrayḥ, Fahd (Mayor); al-Qāḍī, Shukrī (Mayor); al-Maḥmūd, Shafīq (Mayor).Table of contents: Embroidery work and sewing. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Socio-economic conditions and embroidery. (@ 17:7)
Biography: The interview was recorded on July 7, 1999 with Karīmah Muḥammad Bushnāq, female, born in 1935 in Qaysārīyah, Palestine and resides in Tyre, Lebanon.Families: Bushnāq.Significant figures: al-Khaṭīb, ‘Alī (Shaykh); al-Khamrah, Ya‘qūb (Shaykh); Shammās, Salīm (Principal); Abū Dāhish, Aḥmad (Teacher).Table of contents: Bosnian immigration to Palestine. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Bosnians during armed conflicts and exile to Lebanon. (@ 11:21)Table of contents: Adaptation and integration with Palestinians . (@ 22:29)Table of contents: Exile to Lebanon and refugee experience . (@ 31:58)
Biography: The interview was recorded on October 4, 1998 with Jalāl As‘ad Ḥusayn, male, born in 1935 in al-Ṣafṣāf, Palestine and resides in ‘Ayn al-Ḥilwah Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Childhood memories. (@ 0:09)Table of contents: Political turmoil, resistance and military activity in the village. (@ 9:20)Table of contents: Violence, battles and armed resistance. (@ 23:44)Table of contents: War time and military occupation. (@ 38:25)Table of contents: Witnesses of al-Ṣafṣāf Battle. (@ 47:1)Table of contents: Exile and immigration. (@ 70:21)
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 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 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 December 5, 1998 with Jamīl Mūsá al-‘Alī, male, born in 1928 in Kafr ʻAnān, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He was a policeman in the British Police forces.Families: Shuqayr; Manṣūr; al-Khaḍr; al-Khaḍrah.Landmarks-Private Institutions: Haifa Oil Refinery (Corporation).Significant figures: Muṣliḥ, Aḥmad (Mayor); al-Naḥf, Ṣalāḥ (Teacher); Dīmāsī, Maḥmūd (Teacher); Ṭāhā, Muḥammad (Policeman); ‘Awāḍ, Ḥasan (Military officer).Table of contents: Rural life and employment in British police forces. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Work in the British police forces. (@ 24:21)Table of contents: Police work in British prisons. (@ 53:47)Table of contents: Prisoners' treatment and work in British prisons. (@ 80:38)Table of contents: Expulsion from Palestine and refugee experience. (@ 100:31)
Biography: The interview was recorded on August 26, 1998 with Ḥasnah ‘Abd Kīlānī, female, born in 1925 in Lūbyā, Palestine and resides in Saida, Lebanon.Families: Kīlānī; al-Shahāyibah; al-Hajājiwah; al-‘Aṭwāṭ; al-‘Ajāyinah; al-Ḥiṭṭīnī; Qaddūrah; al-Kīlānīyah.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Jāmi‘ al-Azhar (School).Significant figures: Kīlānī, Muḥammad (Revolutionary).Table of contents: Social life and rural conditions . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Lūbyā during the Arab Revolt, 1936-1939. (@ 16:43)Table of contents: Social life and customs . (@ 31:20)Table of contents: Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948 and expulsion. (@ 36:39)
Biography: The interview was recorded on December 7, 1998 with Ḥusnī Aḥmad Ṣāliḥ, male, born in 1912 in Tarshīḥā, Palestine and resides in Burj al-Barājinah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He was a carpenter.Families: al-Qāḍī; al-Mukhaḥḥal; al-Ḥusaynī; Sursuq; Twaynī; Salām; al-Khūrī.Significant figures: Sirḥān, Fāris (Leader); Ṭannūs, ‘Īsá (Carpenter); Shāhīn, Jibrā’īl (Carpenter); ʻAbd al-ʻĀl, Tawfīq (Artist); Kāmil, Sa‘īd (Trader); Kāmil, Maḥmūd (Trader); Ṣāliḥ, Mahdī (Arab Salvation Army commander); Jumay‘ān, Imīl (Arab Salvation Army commander).Table of contents: Political history and activity in Palestine. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Carpentry profession and social dynamics in Palestine. (@ 20:24)Table of contents: Socio-economic life in Tarshīḥā . (@ 46:0)Table of contents: Expulsion from Tarshīḥā and refugee experience . (@ 61:7)Table of contents: Refugee carpentry work Post-Nakba in exile . (@ 87:19)Table of contents: Carpentry wood types and trade. (@ 103:20)Table of contents: al-Kābrī Battle, 1948 . (@ 116:57)Table of contents: Municipality elections in Tarshīḥā and refugee experience . (@ 134:0)