Interview with ‘Ablah al-Ḥasan and ‘Abīr Abū Sālim مقابلة مع عبلة الحسن وعبير أبو سالم

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Expulsion experience and education in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Refugee Camp

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Jundī, Sāmyah (Teacher); Dallūl, ‘Ablah (Teacher); al-Hasan, Khālid (School principal); Khraybī, Shahīrah (Leader); Khaṭīb, Shahīrah (Leader); Shanā‘ah, ‘Abd (Leader).

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Keywords: Arrest; Brutal treatment; Discriminatory measures; Employment; Expulsion; Folklore; Haifa (Palestine); Hardship; Heritage; House raid; Lebanese Government; Martyrs; Muʼassasat Ghassān Kanafānī al-Thaqāfīyah; Palestinian resistance movements; Political activity; Refugee camps conditions; Refugee experience; Return; Schools; Seeking refuge; Socio-economic conditions; Teachers; Terrorism; Torture; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Women education; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist colonization; al-Jabhah al-Shaʻbīyah li Taḥrīr Filasṭīn; ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon)

00:15:50 - Israeli invasion of ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Refugee Camp, imprisonment, and suffering

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Srūjī, Maḥmūd (Teacher); al-Ḥasan, Khālid (Resistance fighter); al-Ḥasan, Hānī (Resistance fighter).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Mustashfá Ḥammūd (Hospital); Maʻmal Ṣafā (Factory).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Sarāy Saida al-Ḥukūmī (Governmental institution).

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Keywords: Arrest; Betrayal; Bombardment; Charity; Children in armed conflicts; Collaborationists; Crimes against humanity; Evacuation; Helpfulness; House raid; Interrogations; Israeli Invasion of Lebanon, 1982; Israeli occupation; Jalamah (Prison: Palestine); Prisoners' treatment; Psychological warfare; Revolutions; Schools; Seeking shelter; Socio-economic conditions; Suffering; Terrorism; Torture; Violation of humanitarian law; ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon)

00:41:03 - Imprisonment in the Israeli detention camps

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Murād, Laylá (Political prisoner); Ka‘wash, Nāhidah (Political prisoner); ‘Aql, ʻĀydah (Political prisoner); Ashkobelli, Zaynab (Political prisoner).

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Keywords: Anṣār (Detention camp: Lebanon); Arrest; Crimes against humanity; Education; Embroidery; Haifa (Palestine); Handicrafts; International Committee of the International Committee of the Red Cross; Interrogations; Jalamah (Prison: Palestine); Letters; Mental health; News; Nostalgia; Officers; Palestinian resistance; Prisoner exchange; Prisoners' treatment; Psychological warfare; Radio stations; Strikes; Suffering; Teachers; Threats; Torture; Women in armed conflicts; al-Jabhah al-Shaʻbīyah li Taḥrīr Filasṭīn; al-Ṣāʻiqah

01:08:24 - Childhood, suffering and detaining mothers in Israeli detention camps

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Sallūm, Laylá (Political prisoner); Khalīfah, Ḥanān (Teacher).

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Keywords: Anṣār (Detention camp: Lebanon); Arbitration; Childhood; Children in armed conflicts; Collaboration; Collaborationists; Diseases; Dispersion; Family relations; Geneva Convention (1929 July 27); Imprisonment; Israeli Invasion of Lebanon, 1982; Letters; Medical care; Men; Mothers; Neighborly behavior; Political prisoners; Prayers; Prisoner exchange; Schools; Scouts; Smuggling; Social relations; Strikes; Suffering; Teachers; Terrorism; Violation of humanitarian law

01:34:59 - Moving to Beirut and prisoners' treatment in the Israeli detention camps

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ḥallāl, Suhaylah (Political prisoner); Qāsim, Nabihah (Political prisoner); Ḥajīr, Abū Sulaymān (Camp leader).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Madrasat Mar Sawerios (School); Thānawīyat al-Rawḍah (School).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arrest; Beirut (Lebanon); Celebrations; Checkpoints; Children in armed conflicts; Collaborationists; Cultivation; Divorce; Education; Entertainment; Fatḥ; Food; Friendship; Handicrafts; Imprisonment; International Committee of the International Committee of the Red Cross; Interpersonal relations; Letters; Love stories; Mapai; Mizrahi Jews; Murder; Nationalism; Neighborly behavior; News; Palestinian unity; Police; Prisoners' treatment; Prisons; Psychological warfare; Sayigh, Rosemary; Schools; Smuggling; Social relations; Socio-economic conditions; Suffering; Tanẓīmāt; Torture; Violation of humanitarian law; Women socio-economic role; ʻŪd music; Ḥizb al-Katā’ib al-Lubnānīyah

02:01:18 - Women's socio-economic role post imprisonment

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Private Institutions: Madrasat Mar Sawerios (School); Thānawīyat al-Rawḍah (School).

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Keywords: Alienation; Beirut (Lebanon); Brothers; Children; Clothing and dresses; Coffee; Collaborationists; Diseases; Dispersion; Dwellings; Education; Hospitality; Imprisonment; Interpersonal relations; Intimidation; Israeli Invasion of Lebanon, 1982; Killing; Medical doctors; Morality; Nationalism; Neighborly behavior; Palestinian diaspora; Passports; Photography; Pride; Prisoner exchange; Psychological warfare; Sacrifice; Saida (Lebanon); Schools; Social relations; Students; Students Grading and marking; Suffering; Teachers; Theft; Travel; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Women in armed conflicts; Women socio-economic role; Work

02:31:12 - Palestinian women's role and social conditions

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ḥannā, Iskandar (Public officer).

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Keywords: Anti-Palestinian measures; Benevolence; Charity; Children in armed conflicts; Conduct of life; Discrimination practices; Education; Emotions; Employment; Enemies; Generosity; Grandfathers; Hardship; Hatred; Hizballah; Imprisonment; Interpersonal relations; Israeli Invasion of Lebanon, 1982; Martyrdom; Medical care; Modesty; Morality; Organizations; Palestinian resistance; Palestinian unity; Political parties; Pride; Psychological warfare; Reconstruction; Refugee experience; Rulers; Suffering; Tanẓīmāt; Women in armed conflicts; Women socio-economic role; ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon)

02:57:49 - Final reflections on detention experience

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Qāsim, Nabīhah (Political prisoner).

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Keywords: Arrest; Education; Family relations; Helpfulness; Imprisonment; Jihād; Leaders; Living conditions; Love; Morality; Palestinian resistance organizations; Prisons; Sacrifice; Suffering; Women dressmakers