Biography: The interview was recorded on with Umm Muḥammad Asʻad, female, born in Shaʻb, Palestine.Table of contents: Palestinians' call for Arab leaders. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Salutations to Family relations. (@ 12:3)
Biography: The interview was recorded with Shiḥādah al-Ḥasan Jum‘ah, male,born in 1927 in Tarshīḥā, Palestine and resides in al-Rashīdīyah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: Sursuq; Fustuq; Salām; Sharārī; Ṭāhā; Maʻrūf; al-Khaṭīb; Hawwārī.Significant figures: al-Muḥammad, Ḥusayn (Tribe leader); Abū Shāhir, Ṣāliḥ (Mayor); al-Shāṭir, Ḥusayn (Trader); ʻAṣfūrah, Abū Mirshid (Trader); Abū al- Shanab, Farīd (Policeman); al-Ḥakīm, Ṣāliḥ (Policeman).Table of contents: Socio-economic conditions and everyday life . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Characteristics of a tribal community. (@ 15:34)Table of contents: Pre-Nakba life . (@ 35:40)Table of contents: Bedouins community in Palestine during the British rule. (@ 55:23)Table of contents: Economic conditions in Palestine. (@ 69:41)Table of contents: War time and military occupation. (@ 86:7)Table of contents: Military activity and exile. (@ 112:35)Table of contents: Songs of life and love. (@ 122:8)
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 with Ᾱminah Khiḍir, female, Born in 1926 in Kufrītā, Palestine and resides in Saida, Lebanon.Families: al-Nāṭūr; al-Shaḥbarī; Sursuq; al-Ṭayyib; al-Ḥanafī; al-Khiḍir; al-Nawāṭīr; al-Aḥmad.Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Nabī Hūshān (Maqām).Significant figures: al-Ḥanafī, ʻAbd al-Salām (Revolutionary); Khiḍir, Fāris (Martyr); al-Aḥmad, Ḥusayn (Revolutionary leader); al-Aḥmad, Ḥusayn (Martyr); ʻAbd al-Rāziq, Ḥāfiẓ (Martyr); al-Muḥammad, ʻAlī (Martyr).Table of contents: Political turmoil and Hawshah and al-Kasāyir battle. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Political conditions and social life. (@ 14:21)Table of contents: Rural conditions and social life. (@ 35:5)Table of contents: Childbirth and cultural life . (@ 62:16)Table of contents: Expulsion from Khirbat al-Kasāyir and dispersion. (@ 72:55)Table of contents: Childhood incidents and cultural life in Khirbat al-Kasāyir . (@ 79:39)
Biography: The interview was recorded with Salīm Khalīl Mūsà, male, born in 1927 in Naḥf, Palestine and resides in al-Baddāwī Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He worked as a quarryman.Families: ʻAbbās; Ayyūb; Maṭar; ʻAbdullāh ʻAbd al-Ghanī; Qays; Sirḥān; al-Ḥāj Ḥasan; Dʻaybis.Significant figures: al-‘Abdullāh, Khālid (Leader); ʻUbayd, Shafīq (Teacher); al-Nāṭūr, ‘Abd al-Raḥmān (Teacher); Ghunaym, Rif‘at (Teacher); Abū Naṣrah, Ṣāliḥ (Village leader); al-Ḥasan, Khalīl Ibrāhīm (Martyr); Ṭāhā, Muḥammad Muṣṭafá (Martyr); al-Dūkhī, Ṣāliḥ (Martyr); ‘Uṭūr, al-‘Abd (Village leader); al-Muḥammad, Ṣāliḥ (Village leader); al-Ghazāl, Khālid (Village leader); al-‘Abdullāh, Ibrāhīm (Village leader); al-Muṣṭafá, Maḥmūd (Village leader); al-‘Abdullāh, Khālid (Village leader); al-As‘ad, Ṣāliḥ (Village leader); al-Biqāʻī, Adīb (Village leader).Table of contents: Socio-economic dynamics in the village during the British rule. (@ 0:03)Table of contents: History of Naḥf . (@ 10:3)Table of contents: Community life and social relations in the village . (@ 24:1)Table of contents: Socio-economic dynamics in Naḥf . (@ 38:55)Table of contents: Norms and practices in Naḥf and it's surroundings. (@ 53:8)Table of contents: social conditions and political turmoil before Nakba. (@ 74:35)
Biography: The interview was recorded with Maḥmūd Sarrīs, male, born in Majd al-Kurūm, Palestine.Families: Minnā'; Khalāyil; Kanʻān; Sirḥān.Significant figures: al-Maḥbūb, Salīm (Landowner); Salīm , Muḥammad (Mayor); Sirḥān, Ḥasan (Mayor); al-Ḥāj, Salīm (Mayor); Kinʻān, ‘Abdullāh (Mayor).Table of contents: Village history. (@ 0:01)Table of contents: Economic conditions before Nakba. (@ 18:42)Table of contents: Rural economy and country life in Palestine before 1948. (@ 37:42)
Biography: The interview was recorded with Umm Ṭāhā Saʻd, female and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Two short stories. (@ 0:01)Table of contents: Sacrifice in social relations. (@ 8:18)Table of contents: Dignity in literature. (@ 16:37)Table of contents: The king and his son in law . (@ 26:57)
Biography: The interview was recorded with Umm Tāhā Saʻd, female and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Story of a king and his daughter. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Short Arabic stories. (@ 11:28)Table of contents: Moral stories. (@ 21:42)Table of contents: Cunning and guile in Arabic short stories. (@ 34:34)
Biography: The interview was recorded with Shiḥādah Jum‘ah Shatlah, male, born in 1923 in al-Buwayzīyah, Palestine and resides in al-Baddāwī Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He was a tribe leader.Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Khiḍir (Maqām); al-Rasūl (Maqām).Significant figures: al-‘Alī, Shiḥādah (Shaykh); al-Luwasī, Ḥasan (Shaykh); al-Shāʻir, ʻAbdullāh (Resistance leader); Rabīʻ, Abū Fawzī (Resistance leader); Yāsīn, Abū ʻAlī (Resistance fighter); Ḥūrānī, Akram (Leader); Suwaydān, Khalīl (Resistance fighter).Table of contents: Ceremonies and community traditions in the village. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Community life in al-Buwayzīyah . (@ 13:47)Table of contents: Community customs and traditions. (@ 31:26)Table of contents: Political turmoil, revolutionaries, and military activity. (@ 42:7)Table of contents: Battles and armed resistance. (@ 57:48)
Biography: The interview was recorded with Sa‘d al-Dīn Tawfīq, male, born in 1920 in al-Zīb, Palestine and resides in al-Rashīdīyah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: Twaynī; Mamlūk; Sursuq; ‘Aṭāyā.Significant figures: Fnaysh, Sārī (Arab Salvation Army commander); ‘Aṭāyā, Fāyiz (Village leader).Table of contents: Land defense and military occupation. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Battles and memories of war. (@ 10:18)Table of contents: Refugee life, humiliation and isolation. (@ 21:0)Table of contents: Refugee experience and revisiting Palestine. (@ 33:33)Table of contents: Refugees in Lebanon. (@ 48:1)Table of contents: Palestinian popular resistance and military occupation. (@ 59:57)
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 with Jabr Muḥammad Yūnus, male, born in 1920 in al-Ṣafṣāf, Palestine and resides in Saida, Lebanon. He was a trader.Families: al-Zaghmūṭ; Yūnus, Ḥamad; Yāsīn; Yūnus; Ḥamad.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Ecole Des Frères (School).Landmarks-Private Institutions: Mustashfá Saʻd Allāh al-Khalīl (Hospital); Haifa Cigarettes Manufacture (Corporation).Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Ṣiddīq (Maqām).Significant figures: al-Kull, Naʻīm (Resistance fighter); al-Zaghmūṭ, Ismāʻīl (Village leader); al-Zaghmūṭ, ʻAbdullāh (Mayor); al-Yūnus, Ṣāliḥ (Martyr); Yūnus, Dīb Muḥammad (Martyr); Ḥasan, Muḥammad (Arab Salvation Army commander); Ismāʻīl, Muḥammad (Arab Salvation Army commander); al-Zaghmūṭ, Muḥammad Ṭāhā (Resistance fighter); Zaynī, Ḥasan (Arab Salvation Army commander); al-Zaghmūṭ, Muḥammad Maḥmūd (Martyr); Farhūd, Aḥmad Nimir (Resistance fighter); Kāyid, Aḥmad Maḥmūd (Martyr); al-Zaghmūṭ, ʻAwaḍ (Martyr); Shraynī, Muḥammad Ṭāhā (Mayor); al-Zaghmūṭ, Muḥammad Maḥmūd (Poet); al-Shūlī, Ḥannah (Flour mill owner); ʻAzzām, ʻAlī (Flour mill owner); Yūnus, ʻAbdullāh (Martyr); al-Zaghmūṭ, Nāyif (Martyr); Swaydī, Aḥmad ʻAlī (Martyr).Table of contents: Zionist invasion and occupation of Palestinian villages. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: al-Ṣafṣāf Massacre, 1948. (@ 16:30)Table of contents: Expulsion from al-Ṣafṣāf and journey to Lebanon. (@ 42:18)Table of contents: Refugee experience in exile . (@ 65:11)Table of contents: Education and economic conditions in pre-Nakba Palestine. (@ 77:8)Table of contents: Political conditions and Zionist occupation. (@ 88:2)Table of contents: Social and community life in pre-Nakba Palestine . (@ 104:12)Table of contents: Living conditions during the British Mandate of Palestine 1920-1948 . (@ 126:1)Table of contents: Final reflections on life in pre-Nakba Palestine. (@ 149:37)
Biography: The interview was recorded with ‘Awaḍ Maḥmūd Yūnus, male, born in 1910 in al-Ṣafṣāf, Palestine and resides in Saida, Lebanon. He worked in tax collection in Palestine.Families: Yūnis.Significant figures: Ṭaḥḥān, Najīb (Teacher); al-Salṭī, Rashīd (Public officer).Table of contents: Socio-economic life and political conditions in al-Ṣafṣāf . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Education, political conditions, and employment in finance . (@ 20:5)Table of contents: Expulsion from Palestine and refugee experience. (@ 43:21)
Biography: The interview was recorded with Ḥasan Aḥmad al-Khalīlī, male, Born in 1911 in Tarshīḥā, Palestine and resides in Burj al-Barājinah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He was a truck driver in Palestine.Families: Muṣṭafá; al-Jishī; Samārah.Landmarks-Private Institutions: Haifa Cigarettes Manufacture (Corporation).Significant figures: Shraym, Fahd (Mayor); Ḥadād, Jibrā’īl (Mayor).Table of contents: Agriculture and socio-economic life. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Tobacco cultivation and trade. (@ 10:17)Table of contents: Tobacco industry and cultivation. (@ 36:57)Table of contents: Dwellings in Palestine. (@ 64:19)
Biography: The interview was recorded with 'Alyā al-Mawʻid, female, Born in 1928 in Ṣaffūrīyah, Palestine.Families: al-Ḥadāyidah; al-ʻAdādinah.Significant figures: al-Mawʻid, Muḥammad (Mayor); al-Barmakīyah, Zaynah (Dancer); al-Mawʻid, Salīm (Village leader); al-Muḥammad, Ṣāliḥ (Mayor); al-Salīm, Yūsuf (Mayor); al-Mawʻid, Ṣāliḥ (Mayor); al-Ka‘dlī, Muḥammad (Leader).Table of contents: Wedding Customs and traditions
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Biography: The interview was recorded with Āʼishah al-Munawwar, female, born in 1928 in Dayshūm, Palestine.Families: Nūḥ.Table of contents: Handicrafts and Pottery making . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Dietary practices and socio-economic conditions . (@ 13:0)
Biography: The interview was recording with ‘Alī al-Najjār, male, born in Jaffa, Palestine and reides in al-Baddāwī Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He worked as a driver with the British Army.Landmarks-Places of Worship: Jāmi‘ Ḥasan Bayk (Mosque).Significant figures: Dabbās, ʻIzzat (Auto mechanic); Haykal, Yūsuf (Mayor).Table of contents: Childhood memories. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Description of the city. (@ 9:34)Table of contents: Political turmoil and Zionist infiltration . (@ 26:1)Table of contents: War time, military occupation , immigration and refugees. (@ 39:8)Table of contents: Refugee hope. (@ 57:58)
Biography: The interview was recorded on with Bahīyah al-ʻAdawī, female, born in Palestine.Table of contents: ʻAtābā and wedding songs. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Stupidity in popular tale. (@ 25:33)
Biography: The interview was recorded with Maḥmūd ʻĪsá, male, born in 1951 in Lūbyā, Palestine and resides in al-Jalīl Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Lebanese University (University); University of Copenhagen (University).Significant figures: ʻAllūsh, Nājī (Writer); Khālid, Ḥasan (Muftī); Yaḥfūfī, Sulaymān (Muftī).Table of contents: Political and military activity of a Palestinian refugee. (@ 0:01)Table of contents: Memories of passed times. (@ 13:6)Table of contents: Intellectual activities of the Palestinian diaspora. (@ 21:30)Table of contents: Palestinians in exile: Diaspora and the search for a homeland. (@ 40:20)Table of contents: Palestinians, from peasants to revolutionaries. (@ 55:21)Table of contents: Palestinians in Israel: A nation in waiting . (@ 66:55)
Biography: البريطاني خلال الإنتداب.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Haifa Oil Refinery (Corporation); Maṭār al-Jāʻūnah (Airport); Haifa port (Port).Landmarks-Private Institutions: Sarāyāt Kanʻān (Students dorms); Sharikat al-‘Alamayn (Corporation).Landmarks-Places of Worship: Jāmiʻ al-Istiqlāl (Mosque); Jāmiʻ al-Jraynī (Mosque).Significant figures: al-Kūrī, Maḥmūd (Auto mechanic); al-Rifāʻī, Aḥmad (Shaykh); al-Khaṭīb, Muḥammad Nimir (Resistance fighter leader); al-Shā‘ir, ‘Abdullāh (Resistance fighter leader); al-Ḥamad, Muḥammad (Resistance fighter); Fnaysh, Sārī (Arab Salvation Army commander); al-Rifaʻī, Aḥmad (Shaykh).Table of contents: Political turmoil, revolutionaries, and military acivity . (@ 0:04)Table of contents: Battles and armed resistance. (@ 24:21)Table of contents: Military occupation of Palestine. (@ 35:24)Table of contents: War time and occupation. (@ 47:24)Table of contents: Battles and memories of war. (@ 71:34)
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 with Fāṭimah Aḥmad ‘Aṭīyah, female, born in ʻAlmā, Palestine and resides in Baalbek.Families: Sulaymān; Shaḥrūr; al-Mukhtār; al-‘Ajjāwī; al-Sa‘īd.Landmarks-Places of Worship: Jāmi‘ al-Ḥāj ‘Abdullāh (Mosque).Significant figures: Sa‘īd, Aḥmad (Mayor); al-Fāris, Sa‘īd (Village leader); Sayf, Yūsuf (Martyr); Dirbās, Ammūn (Martyr).Table of contents: Childhood, community life and customs. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Rural life and conditions in ʻAlmā. (@ 12:59)Table of contents: Expulsion from Palestine and journey to exile. (@ 28:55)Table of contents: Socio-economic life in ʻAlmā and Haifa. (@ 47:38)
Biography: The interview was recorded in 1997? with Aḥmad Ḍāhir ‘Īsá, male, born in Ṣaffūrīyah, Palestine.Table of contents: Relay of memories and Palestinian-Jewish relations. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Refugee experience in exile and diaspora . (@ 11:30)