Interview with ‘Alyā al-ʻAbdullāh مقابلة مع عليا العبدالله

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:59 - Political turmoil in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Refugee Camp before 1982

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Balfour Declaration, 1917; Bomb shelters; Childhood; Children in armed conflicts; Community support; Elections; Infirmaries; Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990; Martyrs; Medical care; Nakba; Palestinian diaspora; Palestinian resistance organizations; Partition plan, 1947; Patriotism; Protests; Red Crescent; Refugee camps conditions; Schools; Social associations; Social norms; Women in armed conflicts; Women socio-economic role; al-Ittiḥād al-ʻām lil Marʼah al-Filasṭīnīyah; ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon)

00:09:36 - Palestinian women's role in the resistance

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Qiblāwī, Abū Aḥmad (Martyr).

Families: al-Yūsuf, al-Madad; Khraybī.

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arabic patriotic poetry; Arafat, Yasir, 1929-2004; Bomb shelters; Conduct of life; Family relations; Health conditions; Hospitals; Infirmaries; Injuries; Interpersonal relations; Israeli Invasion of Lebanon, 1982; Medical care; Palestinian resistance; Red Crescent; Rescue work; Schools; Social norms; Surgery; Women in armed conflicts; Women socio-economic role

00:20:49 - Restoration and rehabilitation in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah refugee camp

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Private Institutions: Mustashfá al-Naqīb (Hospital).

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Keywords: Arrest; Bomb shelters; Bombardment; Building practices; Community support; Displacement; Elderly people; Fidā’iyyīn; Food; Health conditions; House burning; Injuries; Israeli Invasion of Lebanon, 1982; Living conditions; News reporting; Palestinian resistance; Permits; Personal belongings; Prisoners of war; Property destruction; Reconstruction; Refugee aid; Remapping; Return; Truces; Vehicles; Women in armed conflicts; Women socio-economic role; ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon)

00:38:22 - Charts, maps for the reconstruction of ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Refugee Camp

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Public Institutions: Mustashfá Saida al-Ḥukūmī (Hospital); Mustashfá Ghassān Ḥammūd (Hospital).

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Keywords: Bomb shelters; Bombardment; Collaborationists; Crimes against humanity; Displacement; Expulsion; Israeli occupation; Lebanese Government; Maps; Martyrs; Money; Nahr al-Bārid (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon); Official documents; Personal belongings; Protests; Remapping; Return; Social relations; Tanks; al-Ittiḥād al-ʻām lil Marʼah al-Filasṭīnīyah; ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon)

00:50:56 - Social conditions in the refugee camp

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks - Lakes, River: Jabal al-Ḥalīb (Mountain).

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

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arrest; Bread; Brothers; Children; Collaborationists; Diseases; Displacement; Education; Engagement; Gender role; Governors; Injuries; International Committee of the International Committee of the Red Cross; Interpersonal relations; Letters; Living conditions; Marital relations; Marriage; Murder; News; Palestinian resistance organizations; Patience; Political activity; Prisoners of war; Prisoners' treatment; Property destruction; Protests against occupation; Reconstruction; Refugee experience; Remapping; Schools; Shootings; Social associations; Social norms; Stoves; Trade; Vehicles; Water resources; Women in armed conflicts; Women socio-economic role; Zaffah; ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon); ‘Abrah (Lebanon)