Biography: The interview was recorded on June 14, 1997 with Fāṭimah Ḥusayn Sha‘bān, female, born in 1928? in al-Zīb, Palestine and resides in al-Baṣṣ Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: al-Zayādinah; ʻAṭāyā.Significant figures: Nimrah, Muṣṭafá (Martyr); ʻAṭāyā, Maḥmūd (Mayor); ʻAwaḍ, Maḥmūd (Martyr); Ḥusayn, Ismāʻīl (Landowner); ʻAwaḍ, Maḥmūd (Resistance fighter).Table of contents: al-Zīb amidst the 1948 Nakba and expulsion from Palestine. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Refugee experience and social conditions in Lebanon. (@ 25:53)Table of contents: Refugee living conditions and suffering. (@ 42:16)Table of contents: Community life and expulsion. (@ 61:26)
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 November 15, 1995 with Fāṭimah Zaghmūṭ, female, born in 1927 in al-Ṣafṣāf, Palestine and resides in al-Baddāwī Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Wedding customs and songs. (@ 0:00)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة أيضًا مع حسنة علي في تشرين الثاني يناير عام 1995، أنثى، ولدت عام 1913 في مجد الكروم، فلسطين وتقيم في الطريق الجديدة، لبنان.Table of contents: Folk songs and ʻAtābā. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Palestinian popular songs and ʻAtābā. (@ 29:15)Table of contents: Folk songs and poetry. (@ 58:10)Table of contents: Children's lullabies and Islamic Ruqyah . (@ 72:44)
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 October 30, 1995 with Fāṭimah ‘Awdah, female, born in 1916 in al-Zīb, Palestine and resides in Wādī al-Zaynah, Lebanon.Table of contents: Children's songs. (@ 0:01)Table of contents: Story of a prince. (@ 10:35)Table of contents: ‘Awdah family origin. (@ 20:3)Table of contents: Folk traditions. (@ 33:43)Table of contents: Childhood in Palestine and songs. (@ 44:2)
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 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 June, 1995 with Fāṭimah Muḥammad al-Ṭayyib, female, born in 1948 in Hawshah, Palestine and resides in Shātīlā Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Significant figures: al-Ṣiddīq, Aḥmad (Shaykh).Table of contents: Expulsion from Palestine and socioeconomic conditions in exile . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Story of al-Shāṭir Ḥasan. (@ 9:47)Table of contents: Real life stories in Hawshah . (@ 27:37)Table of contents: Tales of Ogres . (@ 40:55)Table of contents: Palestinian folk stories and songs. (@ 68:21)
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: The interview was recorded on December, 1995 with Fatḥīyah Jānzī, female, born in Haifa, Palestine and resides in Ṣabrā, Lebanon.Table of contents: Palestinian patriotic poetry and revolutionary songs. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Dalʻūnā and revolutionary songs. (@ 13:53)Table of contents: ʻAtābā and revolutionary songs. (@ 34:20)Table of contents: Ululations and folk songs. (@ 50:8)Table of contents: Palestinian folk songs . (@ 74:59)
Biography: The interview was recorded on April 16, 1996 with Fatḥīyyah Ḥujayr, female, born in al-Ṭīrah, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Story of al-Shāṭir Muḥammad and two princesses. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Fairy tales. (@ 20:41)
Biography: The interview was recorded on October 27, 1995 with Fakhrīyah Aḥmad ʻAbbās, female, born in 1944 in Ḥiṭṭīn, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Palestinian wedding songs and ʻAtābā. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Palestinian folk songs and ʻAtābā. (@ 21:5)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة أيضاً مع عقل حجاوي (أبو أيمن)، ذكر، ولد عام 1943 في حجة، فلسطين ويقيم في مخيم البداوي للاجئين الفلسطينين، لبنان.Table of contents: Palestinian wedding songs and music. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Palestinian traditional wedding songs and music . (@ 27:31)Table of contents: Wedding customs and traditions. (@ 56:41)Table of contents: Marriage customs and rites. (@ 65:40)
Biography: The interview was recorded on June 26, 1997 with Farīd Fawzī al-Ṣāni‘, male, born in 1925 in Nablus, Palestine and resides in Saida, Lebanon. He was a technician with the British Army during World War II.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Haifa port (Port).Landmarks-Private Institutions: Madrasat al-Sibā‘ī (School); Iraqi Petroleum Company (Corporation); Barclays Bank (Bank); Haifa Cigarettes Manufacture (Corporation).Landmarks-Places of Worship: Jāmi‘ al-Jraynī (Mosque).Significant figures: al-Ṣāni‘, Rā᾿id (Martyr); ‘Abd al-Hādī, Fakhrī (Revolutionary leader); al-Ṣaffūrī, Abū Ibrāhīm (Revolutionary leader); ʻAbd al-Hādī, Fakhrī (Revolutionary); al-Ḥāj Muḥammad, ʻAbd al-Raḥīm (Revolutionary leader).Table of contents: Political conditions during the British rule. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Political turmoil and military activity. (@ 10:44)Table of contents: Zionist infiltration in Palestine during the British Mandate. (@ 22:20)Table of contents: War time and expulsion. (@ 33:35)Table of contents: Political turmoil, revolutionaries and military activity. (@ 45:0)Table of contents: Palestinian resistance leadership. (@ 60:36)Table of contents: Refugee life in Syria and Lebanon. (@ 71:41)
Biography: The interview was recorded on January 12, 1998 with Faḍl Muḥammad Mīʻārī, male, born in 1920 in al-Farrāḍīyah, Palestine and resides in al-Baddāwī Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: Mīʻārī; al-Mashāyikh; Ḥusayn; al-Badārinah; Mī‘ārī; Karrūm.Landmarks-Private Institutions: Haifa Cigarettes Manufacture (Corporation).Significant figures: al-Dīmāsī, Khalīl (Teacher); al-Naḥawī, Ṣalāḥ (Teacher).Table of contents: Agriculture and economic conditions. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Village history. (@ 7:35)Table of contents: Socio-economic conditions and agriculture in al-Farrāḍīyah . (@ 17:15)Table of contents: Tobacco industry and trade in Farrāḍīyah. (@ 38:18)Table of contents: Tobacco smuggling and trade. (@ 63:50)Table of contents: Tobacco industry and rural life . (@ 72:48)Table of contents: Agricultural economics, cultivation and rural conditions. (@ 96:49)Table of contents: Cultivation and farming practices. (@ 116:32)Table of contents: Farming practices and tools. (@ 129:16)
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: 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 October 29, 1998 with Qāsim al-Rāghib, male, born in 1922 in ʻAmqā, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He was a trader.Significant figures: al-Qabalān, Kanj (Village leader); al-Saʻīd, Maḥmūd (Village leader); al-Ibrāhīm, Ḥasan (Village leader); Ma‘rūf, Ghānim (Village leader); ‘Abd al-Rashīd, Shafīq (Trader).Table of contents: Socio-economic dynamics in the village. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Economic conditions in Palestine before Nakba. (@ 15:18)Table of contents: Refugee life in Lebanon. (@ 27:47)
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 November, 1995 with Kāmilah ‘Abdū, female, born in 1933 in al-Zīb, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Wedding songs and zaffah. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Palestinian folk songs a wedding customs. (@ 15:13)Table of contents: Palestinian wedding celebration songs. (@ 39:9)Table of contents: ʻAtābā and laments. (@ 62:29)Table of contents: Praise of Muḥammad and popular songs. (@ 75:23)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة أيضاً مع أبو محمد سويدان، ذكر، ولد عام 1906 في البويزية، فلسطين ويقيم في مخيم البداوي للاجئين الفلسطنيين، لبنان.Table of contents: Laments and popular tales. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Palestinian folk tales. (@ 17:14)Table of contents: Palestinian folk songs and story of al-Shāṭir Ḥasan. (@ 43:36)Table of contents: Social life and traditions in Palestine. (@ 58:16)Table of contents: Story of Virgin Mary and birth of Jesus Christ. (@ 65:52)
Biography: The interview was recorded on November 20, 1998 with Karīm Nāyif Kanj, male, born in 1925 in al-Zīb, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He worked as a Policeman with the British Police Forces in Palestine.Families: Sirḥān; Sursuq; Salām; al-Sa‘dī; al-Shaykh Ṭāhā; ‘Aṭāyā; Murād; Kanj; Sa‘īd; Abū Khashab.Landmarks-Private Institutions: Haifa Oil Refinery (Corporation).Significant figures: al-Za‘īm, Ḥusnī (Arab Salvation Army commander); Abū Khashab, Muṣṭafá (Jailor); Rāfi‘, Sa‘īd (Prisoner); Sh'hayyib, Muḥammad (Policeman).Table of contents: Exile to Lebanon and refugee experience. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Rural life and socio-economic conditions. (@ 16:1)Table of contents: Political turmoil and Socio-economic life. (@ 30:14)Table of contents: Employment and work in the British police forces. (@ 43:57)Table of contents: Employment and hierarchy in British Police forces in Palestine. (@ 70:7)Table of contents: Military training in Syria . (@ 99:50)Table of contents: Police activity in Palestine. (@ 110:0)Table of contents: Expulsion and refugee experience. (@ 121:32)
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: سجلت المقابلة أيضاً مع غزالة عزّية، أنثى، ولدت عام 1926 في صفورية، فلسطين وتقيم في مخيم عين الحلوة للاجئين الفلسطنيين، لبنان.Table of contents: Story of the ogre and al-Shāṭir Ḥdʻash. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Story of Nuṣṣ Nṣayṣ and the Ogre. (@ 16:42)Table of contents: Popular tales and anecdotes. (@ 24:9)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة أيضاً في 17 تشرين الثاني عام 1995 مع ندى العنبتاوي، أنثى، ولدت عان 1931 في شفا عمرو، فلسطين وتقيم في مخيم البداوي للاجئين الفلسطنيين، لبنان.Table of contents: Palestinian popular songs. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Marriage customs and songs. (@ 15:8)Table of contents: Palestinian folk songs. (@ 31:20)Table of contents: Wedding songs and ululations . (@ 37:4)Table of contents: Palestinian folk poetry and tales. (@ 49:58)Table of contents: Children's stories. (@ 66:30)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة أيضاً مع رشيد موعد، ذكر، ولد عام 1915 في صفورية، فلسطين ويقيم في مخيم نهر البارد للاجئين الفلسطنيين، لبنان.Table of contents: Folk songs and popular tales. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Fairy tales and popular songs. (@ 21:36)Table of contents: Popular tales and wedding songs. (@ 46:45)Table of contents: Palestinian folk tales and popular songs. (@ 63:0)
Biography: The interview was recorded on December 6, 1997 with Laylá Shalṭaf, female, born in 1940 in Akka, Palestine and resides in Bshāmūn, Lebanon.Families: Ṭannūs; Faraḥ; Ghandūr.Table of contents: Refugees and displacement. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Refugee life. (@ 15:14)Table of contents: Humanitarian conditions of refugees. (@ 23:52)Table of contents: Refugees hopes for the future. (@ 35:35)
Biography: The interview was recorded on June 16, 1997 with Muḥsin ʻAbd al-Majīd Kāyid, male, born in 1924 in Lūbyā, Palestine and resides in Baalbek, Lebanon.Landmarks-Private Institutions: Steel Brothers (Corporation).Significant figures: Abū Dhays, Muṣṭafá (Village leader); Abū Dhays, Ḥasan (Village leader); al-Muṣṭafá, Muḥammad (Resistance fighter); Abū Dhays, Ḥasan (Mayor).Table of contents: Palestinian resistance and Arab Salvation Army withdrawal . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: War events and expulsion of Palestinians . (@ 14:37)Table of contents: Political activity during Nakba. (@ 23:58)Table of contents: Refugee conditions and Palestinian-Jewish relations. (@ 35:47)
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 June 23, 1997 with Muḥammad Ibrāhīm Barakah, male, born in 1923 in Mughr al-Khayṭ, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: ‘Umar; Yūnus; al-Ḥāj; Barakah; al-Biqāʻī; Nashāshībī.Significant figures: al-Aḥmad, Muṣṭafá (Mayor); Shiḥādah, Saʻīd (Martyr); Sārī, Fnaysh (Arab Salvation Army commander); Ṣabbāgh, Fāyiz (Camp leader).Table of contents: History of Nakba. (@ 0:04)Table of contents: Political activity in Palestine during the British rule. (@ 14:48)Table of contents: Battles and military occupation. (@ 21:55)Table of contents: War time and military occupation. (@ 43:21)Table of contents: Violence, battles and exile. (@ 53:49)Table of contents: Refugee life in Lebanon. (@ 76:29)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة أيضاً مع فاطمة الطويسي، أنثى، ولدت عام 1926 في صفورية، فلسطين وتقيم في مخيم نهر البارد للاجئين الفلسطنيين، لبنان.Significant figures: al-Sharīf, ʻAbd al-Karīm (Teacher).Table of contents: Social customs and traditions in Palestine. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Childhood memories, cultural life, and education. (@ 18:0)Table of contents: The prince's quest of wisdom. (@ 48:42)Table of contents: Fairy tales and folk songs. (@ 65:17)
Biography: The interview was recorded on February 12, 1996 with Muḥammad al-Khaṭīb, male, born in 1920 in al-Khāliṣah, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Significant figures: al-Ḥusayn, Kāmil (Village leader).Table of contents: Story of al-Mughdād the Arabian knight I. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Story of al-Mughdād the Arabian knight II. (@ 27:55)Table of contents: Folk poetry and ʻatābā. (@ 44:53)Table of contents: Popular tales. (@ 56:51)
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 November 10, 1998 with Muḥammad Ḥusayn al-Ḥāj Aḥmad, male, born in 1928 in Ṣaffūrīyah, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He worked with the British Army.Families: Najm; ‘Īsá; Ṭāhā; Sulaymān; al-Khalīl; Bakr; al-‘Allūsh; al-Maw‘id; al-Ḥadāyidah; Ghunaym; al-Maṣāriwah; Abū ‘Awdah; al-Ḥāj Aḥmad; al-Ḥāj As‘ad; al-Jundī; Abū Na‘āj; al-‘Afīfī; ‘Alā’ al-Dīn; Salām; Sursuq; al-Asʻad.Landmarks-Places of Worship: Dayr Ḥannā (Convent).Significant figures: al-Salīm, Ṣāliḥ (Mayor); al-Maw‘id, Ṣāliḥ Muḥammad (Mayor); Sulaymān, Abū Fāris (Mayor); al-Shaykh, Yūsuf Salīm (Mayor); Sa‘d al-Dīn, Aḥmad (Shaykh); Sharīf, Ḥusayn (Shaykh); Yūsuf, Saʻīd (School principal); al-‘Anabtāwī, ‘Abd al-Raḥīm (Teacher); al-Faṭābīl, Muḥammad (Teacher); Ḥallūmī, Jamīl (Teacher); ‘Arābī, ‘Abd al-Ḥamīd (Doctor); al-Masrī, ‘Umar (Doctor); Salāmah, Farḥāt (Poet); al-Tawbah, Aḥmad (Resistance leader); Abū Nʻāj, Nimir (Resistance leader); al-Ghuzz, Abū Maḥmud (Resistance leader); al-Sirrinī, Mifliḥ (Resistance fighter); al-Maw‘id, ʻĀṭif (Resistance fighter); al-Maw‘id, ʻĀrif (Resistance fighter); al-‘Abbūshī, Muḥammad (Store keeper).Table of contents: Socio-economic dynamics in the village before Nakba. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Community and family life in Ṣaffūrīyah. (@ 10:53)Table of contents: Social conditions and health care in Palestine before 1948. (@ 22:39)Table of contents: Agriculture and political turmoil. (@ 35:34)Table of contents: Military occupation, land defense and Resistance activities. (@ 56:25)Table of contents: From agricultural worker to an employee with the British forces. (@ 72:44)
Biography: The interview was recorded on November 29, 1998 with Muḥammad Dhīb Maw‘id, male, born in 1923 in Ṣaffūrīyah, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: Sulaymān; al-Maw‘id; al-Sa‘īdīyah; al-Ghanāyimah; Abū Ma‘āz; al-Ḥadāyidah; al-Daghāyirah; al-‘Anātinah; al-Khaṭābinah; Rāshid; al-Maqādiḥah.Landmarks-Private Institutions: al-‘Afīfī Bus Company (Corporation).Significant figures: al-Maw‘id, Ṣāliḥ (Mayor); Sulaymān, Abū Fāris (Mayor); al-Sa‘īd, Yūsuf Salīm (Mayor); ʻAbd al-Muʻṭī , Muḥammad Sayyid (Soap maker); Abū Nʻāj, Nimir (Resistance leader); al-Yamanī, Salīm (Resistance leader); Mawʻid, Faraj (Resistance fighter).Table of contents: Village history . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Economic dynamics in Ṣaffūrīyah. (@ 13:8)Table of contents: Land and agriculture. (@ 35:53)Table of contents: British colonialist policies and employment . (@ 50:59)Table of contents: War events and the Palestinian popular resistance. (@ 59:17)
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 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 30, 1997 with Muḥammad ‘Abd al-Karīm Ghunaym , male, born in 1938 in Ṣaffurīyah, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: Najm; Sulaymān; al-Ḥāj; ʻĪsá; al-Maw‘id; Ghunaym; al-Maqāziḥah; al-Ḥadāyidah; Rāshīd.Landmarks-Private Institutions: al-‘Afīfī Bus Company (Corporation).Significant figures: al-Salīm, Ṣāliḥ (Municipal council); Yūsuf, Muḥammad (Shaykh); Laylá, Ḥasan (Shaykh).Table of contents: Village history. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Socio-economic dynamics in Ṣaffurīyah. (@ 17:48)Table of contents: Popular resistance in the village. (@ 32:3)Table of contents: Military occupation and the expulsion from Palestine. (@ 48:9)Table of contents: Exile and immigration. (@ 65:5)
Biography: The interview was recorded on July 10, 1997 with Muḥammad ‘Aql, male, born in 1929 in Ṣaffurīyah, Palestine and resides in Mīyah wa Mīyah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: ʻAtābā; al-Ḥadāydī; Abū Nāṣir; Ḥallūm; Yāsīn.Landmarks-Private Institutions: Steel (Corporation).Significant figures: al-Sharīf, ʻAbd al-Karīm (Teacher); Abū Qāsim, Jamīl (Teacher); al-Maw‘id, Maw‘id Muḥammad (Teacher); ʻIzzīyah, Aḥmad Dāwūd (Teacher); al-Mawʻid, Ṣāliḥ Muḥammad (Mayor); al-Ḥadīdī, Aḥmad (Public officer); al-Mawʻid, Salīm (Mayor); al-Ṣaffūrī, Abū Maḥmūd (Resistance leader); Nawfal, Amīn (Refugee camp leader); al-Ṣabbāgh, Fāyiz (Refugee camp leader).Table of contents: Rural life and political history of Palestine. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Social dynamics and economic condition in Ṣaffūrīyah. (@ 20:14)Table of contents: Expulsion and refugee experience . (@ 32:31)
Biography: The interview was recorded on November 12, 1998 with Muḥammad ‘Alī Jābir, male, born in 1928 in ʻAmqā , Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He worked at Nur Safety Match in Akka.Families: ‘Abd al-Rāziq; al-Majdhūb; ‘Uthmān.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Mustashfá Haifa (Hospital).Landmarks-Private Institutions: Nur Safety Match (Corporation).Significant figures: al-Majdhūb, Qāsim (Mayor); ‘Abd al-Rāziq, Ḥusayn (Mayor); al-Majdhūb, Mifliḥ (Trader); al-Sa‘īd, Bāsim (Trader); al-‘Akkī, Muḥammad (Olive mill owner).Table of contents: Socio-economic dynamics in the village during the British rule. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Political turmoil, revolutionary and military activity in ʻAmqā . (@ 11:46)Table of contents: Labor and laboring conditions before Nakba. (@ 21:47)Table of contents: War events and military occupation. (@ 52:46)
Biography: The interview was recorded on September 3, 1998 with Muḥammad ‘Alī ‘Abīd, male, born in 1921 in Kafr Qariʻ, Palestine and resides in al-Baddāwī Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He worked with the British police forces during World War II.Families: al-‘Athāminah; al-Maṣāriwah; al-Zaḥāliqah.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Haifa Port (Port).Significant figures: al-Yāsīn, Asmar (Revolutionary leader); al-Maṣri, Ibrāhīm (Revolutionary); ‘Uthmān, Ḥasan (Revolutionary); ‘Uthmān, ‘Abd (Revolutionary); ‘Uthmān, Ibrāhīm (Wounded); al-‘Abdullāh, Yūsuf (Martyr); al-Maṣrī, Ibrāhīm (Martyr); al-Maṣrī, Maḥmūd (Martyr).Table of contents: Childhood memories. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Community celebrations and customs. (@ 14:22)Table of contents: Social customs in the village before Nakba. (@ 28:38)Table of contents: Political turmoil and resistance during the British Mandate. (@ 39:29)Table of contents: War events during the British rule. (@ 52:15)Table of contents: The second World War. (@ 63:32)Table of contents: Zionist invasion of Palestine. (@ 85:52)