Biography: The interview was recorded with Aḥmad Maḥmūd al-Saʻdī on February 17, 2004, male, born in 1930 in al-Zīb, Palestine.Families: al-Saʻdī; ʻAṭāyā; Yūsuf; Saʻd al-Dīn; al-Shaykh Ṭāhā; ‘Awaḍ.Significant figures: al-Nāṭūr, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān (Teacher); al-Barghūtī, ʻAbd al-Karīm (Teacher); Manṣūr, Anīs (Author); ʻAṭāyā, Abū Sulaymān (Mayor); al-Fāris, Abū Shiḥādah (Mayor); Ṭāhā, Khalīl (Martyr); al-ʻAbd ʻĪsá, Muḥammad (Martyr); al-Rāʻī, Aḥmad (Martyr); ‘Aṭāyā, Abū ‘Izzāt (Martyr).Table of contents: Childhood and socio-economic life at al-Zīb . (@ 0:13)Table of contents: Social life, folklore, and religious beliefs . (@ 28:50)Table of contents: Zionist invasion and expulsion . (@ 54:35)Table of contents: Exile and Hardships . (@ 79:36)
Biography: The interview was recorded on June 20, 2004 with Aḥmad Maḥmūd Jrād, male, born in 1928? in Khirbat al-Waʻrah al-Sawdā, Palestine and resides in Jib Jinnīn, Lebanon.Families: Nādir; al-‘Awāydah; Zahrān; al-‘Īsāt; al-Baṭāṭikhah.Landmarks-Places of Worship: Mūsá al-Kāẓim (Maqām); Khirbat Irbid (Maqām).Significant figures: Nādir, Musṭafá (Soldier); Nādir, Khālid (Soldier); al-‘Ajāj, Muḥammad (Tribe leader); al-Mūsá, ‘Alī (Revolutionary); Nādir, Maḥmūd (Martyr); Nādir, Aḥmad (Martyr); Nādir, Khālid (Martyr); al-Ṭabarī, Khalīl (Leader).Table of contents: Socio-economic conditions and political turmoil in the village. (@ 0:04)Table of contents: Characteristics of a tribal community . (@ 11:35)Table of contents: Political dynamics in Khirbat al-Waʻrah al-Sawdā. (@ 33:22)Table of contents: War events and expulsion. (@ 50:20)Table of contents: Refugee life and expulsion . (@ 73:22)
Biography: The interview was recorded with Aḥmad Muṣṭafà Shabāyṭah, male, born in 1912 in Ḥiṭṭīn, Palestine and resides in ʼAyn al-Ḥilwah Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Families: Shabāyṭah; Azzām; al-Imām; Rabāḥ; Qīyyam; Sursuq; Ramaḍān; Twaynī; al-Lawābinah.Significant figures: Azzām, Mufaḍḍī (Trader); Azzām, Azzām (Trader); Shaʻbān, Muḥammad (Trader); al-Būlīṣ, Khalīl (Doctor); al-Saʻīd, Diyāb (Poet); al-Badawī, Muṣṭafá (Poet); Shabāyṭah, Mūsá (Mayor); Shabāyṭah, Maḥmūd al-ʻAbd (Mayor); Azzām, Abū Rāmī,(Mayor); Shabāyṭah, Muḥammad Ibrāhīm (Resisatnce leader); Shabāyṭah, Maḥmūd ʻAbd al-Qādir (Resistance fighter); al-Rabāḥ, Aḥmad Qāsim (Resistance fighter); al-Imām, Ḥāmid (Martyr).Table of contents: Childhood difficulties and education. (@ 0:24)Table of contents: Socio-economic conditions and cultural life in Ḥiṭṭīn
. (@ 8:52)Table of contents: Political turmoil and cultural life in Ḥiṭṭīn . (@ 27:23)Table of contents: Political conditions and Palestinian resistance. (@ 38:21)Table of contents: Expulsion and hardships of exile . (@ 63:3)
Biography: The interview was recorded on July 16, 2005 with Adīb Qa‘wār, male, born in 1930? in Nazareth, Palestine.Families: Fāhūm; Ḥamad; al-Fāhūm; al-Zu‘bī.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Chamber of Commerce (Governmental institution); Kullīyyat al-Ḥuqūq (University).Landmarks-Private Institutions: Freres School (School); Palestine Electric Company Ltd (Corporation); Madrasat al-Maskūbīyah (School); Madarsat al-Maskūbīyah (School); al-Maskūbīyah School (School); American University of Beirut (University).Landmarks-Places of Worship: Kanīsat al-Bishārah (Church).Significant figures: Qa‘wār, Ṭannūs (Contractor); Ṭannūs, Qa‘wār (Mayor); Bishārah, Salīm (Mayor).Table of contents: History of the city. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Social relations, rites and ceremonies. (@ 11:27)Table of contents: Religious pluralism and social conditions in Nazareth . (@ 26:30)Table of contents: Political turmoil in Nazareth. (@ 38:5)Table of contents: Zionist occupation . (@ 48:2)Table of contents: City occupation and expulsion from Palestine . (@ 62:27)
Biography: The interview was recorded on May 18, 2005 with Umm Kārim Abū Sālim and others, female, born in 1947 in Ṣaffūrīyah, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Mustashfá Saida al-Ḥukūmī (Hospital).Landmarks-Private Institutions: Mustashfá Ghassān Ḥammūd (Hospital).Significant figures: Abū Kārim, Maḥmūd ‘Alī (Martyr); al-Yūsuf, Māhir (Resistance fighter).Table of contents: War and displacement. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Intervention and Israeli terrorism . (@ 12:23)Table of contents: Socio-economic dynamics in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Refugee Camp. (@ 24:38)Table of contents: Palestinian women's role in the war. (@ 37:48)Table of contents: Refugees and humanitarian conditions during the Israeli invasion. (@ 49:34)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة أيضا مع إبنتها هلا أيو سالم، أنثى، ولدت وتقيم في مخيم عين الحلوة للاجئين الفلسطينيين، لبنان.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Mustashfá Saida al-Ḥukūmī (Hospital); Sarāy Saida al-Ḥukūmī (Governmental institution).Significant figures: al-Yūsuf, Māhir (Writer); Abū Sālim, Maḥmud (Martyr); al- Ḥiṭṭīnī, Umm Yūsuf (Martyr); al-Khaṭīb, Aḥmad (Lebanese Army commander).Table of contents: Battles and violence in Lebanon,1982. (@ 2:21)Table of contents: Socio-economic conditions in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Refugee Camp. (@ 12:18)Table of contents: Living conditions during the Israeli invasion. (@ 22:0)Table of contents: Palestinian refugee camp conditions during the Israeli invasion. (@ 40:26)Table of contents: Social dynamics in a Palestinian community. (@ 56:40)Table of contents: Social and political changes in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Refugee Camp. (@ 71:6)
Biography: The interview was recorded with Umm Mīlād, female, born in 1940 in Wādī al-Ḥundāj, Palestine and resides in al-Baddāwī Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: Fairy tales. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Moral story. (@ 17:9)Table of contents: The prince and his wife. (@ 30:42)Table of contents: Refugee hopes and stories. (@ 44:19)
Biography: The interview was recorded with Umm Wāʼil, female, born in al-Biʻnah, Palestine and resides in al-Baddāwī Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Table of contents: The Story of the injured lady. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Wisdom tale. (@ 10:0)Table of contents: Milkman, Poorman and Richman story. (@ 20:18)Table of contents: Symbolism in Arabic stories. (@ 27:43)Table of contents: Parent - child influence. (@ 33:23)
Biography: The interview was recorded on June 4, 2009 with Amal Shihābī, female, born in 1962 and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Mustashfá Saida al-Ḥukūmī (Hospital); Sarāy Saida al-Ḥukūmī (Governmental institution); Sarāyā Saida al-Ḥukūmī (Governmental institution); Mustashfá al-Ḥukūmī (Hospital).Significant figures: Sulaymān, ‘Abd al-Laṭīf (Teacher); al-Maw‘id, Muḥammad (Resistance leader); ‘Abd al-Raḥmān, Salwá (Prisoner); al-‘Abdullāh, Āminah (Prisoner); al-Ta‘miri, Ṣalāḥ (Social worker).Table of contents: Israeli war crimes and terrorism. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Political activity and detention in Israeli camps. (@ 8:32)Table of contents: Experience in Israeli detention camps. (@ 35:30)Table of contents: Women's role in building up the Palestinian society. (@ 59:30)
Biography: سجلت المقابلة أيضا مع أم محمد عباس، أنثى، تقيم في مخيم عين الحلوة للاجئين الفلسطينيين، لبنان.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Mustashfá Saida al-Ḥukūmī (Hospital); Sarāy Saida al-Ḥukūmī (Governmental institutions).Landmarks-Private Institutions: Mustashfá Ghassān Ḥammūd (Hospital).Significant figures: al-‘Abdullāh, Āminah (Prisoner); Ka‘wash, Sanīyah (Prisoner).Table of contents: Childhood, education and political situation in the camp. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: A week in Israeli detention camp. (@ 15:47)Table of contents: Release of detainees. (@ 29:47)Table of contents: Palestinian women in detention camps. (@ 39:41)Table of contents: Palestinian Political secret movements. (@ 65:7)
Biography: The interview was recorded on March 19, 2006 with Amīn Shākir Shaḥrūr, male, born in 1933 in Hūnīn, Palestine and resides in Dayr al-Zahrānī, Lebanon.Families: Fā‘ūr; al-Birjāwī; Ḥudruj; Ḥassūn; ‘Allūsh.Significant figures: Shaḥrūr, Shākir (Mayor); al-Birjāwī, Ḥusayn (Martyr); Kaḥḥāl, Najībah (Martyr).Table of contents: Social and economic aspects in Hūnīn under the British rule. (@ 0:23)Table of contents: Political dynamics in Hūnīn during the Zionist invasion and the expulsion to Lebanon. (@ 19:43)
Biography: The interview was recorded on January 25, 2003 with Amīnah al-Sa‘dī, female, born in 1935 in Ṣaffurīyah, Palestine.Significant figures: al-Ghuzlān, Abū Maḥmūd (Resistance leader); al-Tawbah, Aḥmad (Resistance leader).Table of contents: Childhood and marriage in Ṣaffurīyah. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Zionist invasion of Ṣaffurīyah and expulsion. (@ 21:0)