Biography: The interview was recorded on June 24, 1997 with Nimir ‘Alī Miṣrī, male, born in 1929 in al-Ṭīrah, Haifa, Palestine and resides in Mīyah wa Mīyah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He worked as a driver with the British Army.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Haifa port (Port); Haifa Oil Refinery (Corporation); Haifa Port (Port); Akka port (Port).Significant figures: al-Ṣuluḥ, Adīb (Teacher); Qaṭṭān, Ḥabīb (School principal); al-Ṣaffūrī, Abū Maḥmūd (Revolutionary leader); Abū Durrah, Abū al-‘Abd (Revolutionary leader); al-Salmān, ‘Abdullāh (Mayor); al-Ayyūbī, Najātī (Masyor); al-Ayyūbī, Najāt (Mayor); al-Sammān, Khiḍir (Mayor); al-Khaṭīb, Abū Ḥusayn (Resistance leader).Table of contents: Agricultural life in the village. (@ 0:01)Table of contents: Political conditions during the British Mandate. (@ 8:47)Table of contents: Political turmoil, military activity in the village. (@ 15:55)Table of contents: Socio-economic conditions in al-Ṭīrah. (@ 32:15)Table of contents: Zionist infiltration and military activity. (@ 41:9)Table of contents: Violence, battles and armed resistance. (@ 47:34)Table of contents: City occupation, displacement and exile. (@ 59:57)Table of contents: War time, military occupation and exile. (@ 71:49)
Biography: The interview was recorded with Nimir Muḥammad Khalīl, male, born in 1923? in ʻArrābah, Palestine. He worked as a Blacksmith.Table of contents: The blacksmith's materials. (@ 0:00)
Biography: The interview was recorded on June 15, 1997 with Nūkhah Krayyim Ṭāhā, female, born in 1931 in Saʻsaʻ, Palestine and resides in Barr Elyas, Lebanon.Families: Sayyid; Wihbī; Ḥāmid; ʻIzz al-Dīn.Table of contents: Childhood and everyday life. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Community life in Saʻsaʻ . (@ 17:3)Table of contents: Communal celebrations. (@ 32:6)Table of contents: Social gathering and customs. (@ 50:44)Table of contents: War time and expulsion . (@ 57:41)
Biography: The interview was recorded on April 5, 1997 with Hudá al-Ṣiyāḥ, female, born in 1957 and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Story of Sit Kattabāt. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Story of Sit Lawlajih. (@ 10:49)Table of contents: Fairy tales. (@ 19:38)Table of contents: Fiction and fairy tales. (@ 28:30)Table of contents: The open treasure. (@ 41:31)Table of contents: The green bird. (@ 46:50)Table of contents: The yellow pearl. (@ 52:26)
Biography: The interview was also recorded witih Asmāʼ al-Ṣiyāḥ, female, born in 1909 in ʻAlmā, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: The mother of the bird. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Story of al-Shāṭir Ḥasan. (@ 6:8)Table of contents: Story of the golden coins. (@ 16:57)Table of contents: Story of Umm ʻᾹʼishah. (@ 23:17)Table of contents: Ghazl al-Banāt . (@ 29:39)Table of contents: The affectionate mother. (@ 38:6)Table of contents: Story of the woodcutter . (@ 44:55)Table of contents: Story of the fisherman. (@ 52:43)
Biography: The interview was recorded on May 1, 1997 with Hanāʼ al-Zayn, female, born in 1942 in Haifa, Palestine and resides in al-Rashidīyah Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Children's songs. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Folk tales and children's stories. (@ 9:0)Table of contents: The poor orphans and the gold purse. (@ 31:29)Table of contents: Story of the deceitful fox. (@ 43:36)Table of contents: Popular stories. (@ 48:0)
Biography: The interview was recorded on May 28, 1997 with Hanīyah Ḥusayn, female, born in 1947 in Nazareth, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Palestinian Folk songs. (@ 0:00)
Biography: The interview was recorded on June 24, with Walīd al-Ḥāj, male, born in 1940 in ʻAlmā, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: ʻAzzām; Shaḥrūr; ʻAjjāwī; al-Ḥāj; Sursuq; Salām.Significant figures: Abū ‘Ῑd, Khalīl (Village leader); Ḥammūd, Abū Ḥasan (Martyr); al-Ḥāj, Aḥmad Ḥasan (Martyr); Khūrī, Farīd (Teacher).Table of contents: Village history. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Customs and community in Saʻsaʻ. (@ 20:22)Table of contents: Socio-political dynamics in the village. (@ 27:44)Table of contents: Political turmoil and resistance. (@ 46:47)Table of contents: Military occupation and exile. (@ 54:45)Table of contents: Refugee life and isolation. (@ 64:10)
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 June 23, 1997 with Yūsuf Muḥammad Yūsuf, male, born in 1923 in al-Khāliṣah, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: Sursuq; Salām; al-As‘ad; Fā‘ūr; Arslān.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Iraqi Petroleum Company (Corporation).Table of contents: Economic dynamics in the village. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Zionist infiltration and political turmoil. (@ 7:47)Table of contents: Warfare and the forced departure from Palestine. (@ 12:33)Table of contents: Refugee life in Lebanon. (@ 21:31)Table of contents: Military occupation and exile. (@ 32:30)
Biography: The interview was recorded on April 3, 1998 with Yūsuf Nādir Nādir, male, born in 1924 in al-Baṣṣah, Palestine and resides in Tyre, Lebanon. He worked as a technician with the British Army forces.Landmarks-Private Institutions: Hamer work (Corporation); German school (School); Madrasat al-Jalīl (School); al-Madrasah al-Usqufīyah (School).Significant figures: al-Khaḍrā, Fawzī (School principal); Jarrār, ‘Abd al-Hādī (Teacher); Mazzāwī, Jamīl (Teacher); Salāmah, Ḥannā (Broker); Rustum, Ṭānyus (Jordanian Army officer); Ḥaddād, Tawfīq (Technician).Table of contents: Childhood, education and work before Nakba. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Work and employment. (@ 31:5)
Biography: The interview was recorded on July 16, 1998 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 revolutionary activity during the Arab Revolt, 1936-1939. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Socio-economic conditions and Palestinian-Jewish relations. (@ 17:9)Table of contents: Women in armed conflicts and Moroccan community life in Palestine. (@ 32:7)Table of contents: Expulsion from Palestine and atrocities of war. (@ 47:26)
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)