Interview with Umm Kārim Abū Sālim and Halā Abū Sālim مقابلة مع أم كارم أبو سالم وهلا أبو سالم

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:02:21 - Battles and violence in Lebanon,1982

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Yūsuf, Māhir (Writer); Abū Sālim, Maḥmud (Martyr).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Mustashfá Saida al-Ḥukūmī (Hospital).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Wādī al-Laymūn (Valley).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Anṣār (Detention camp: Lebanon); Battles; Book reviews; Children in armed conflicts; Crimes against humanity; Governors; Israeli Invasion of Lebanon, 1982; Martyrs; Mīyah wa Mīyah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon); Pamphlets; Prisoners of war; Retreat; Violation of humanitarian law; Women socio-economic role; ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon); Ṣaffūrīyah (Palestine)

00:12:18 - Socio-economic conditions in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Refugee Camp

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks - Lakes, River: Wādī al-Laymūm (Valley).

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Keywords: Assassination; Battles; Cooking; Displacement; Emotions; Fathers; Hardship; Imprisonment; Israeli Invasion of Lebanon, 1982; Living conditions; Martyrdom; Mental health; Money; Passing on memories; Prisoner exchange; Refugee aid; Socio-economic conditions; Suffering; Ṣabrā and Shātīlā Massacre, 1982

00:22:00 - Living conditions during the Israeli invasion

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Keywords: Arrest; Bombardment; Bread; Chickenpox; Children in armed conflicts; Collaborationists; Demolition; Despair; Displacement; Education; Eldest child; Emotions; Food; Hardship; Imprisonment; Israeli Invasion of Lebanon, 1982; Israeli occupation; Living conditions; Medical doctors; Mīyah wa Mīyah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon); Pamphlets; Property destruction; Return; Seeking shelter; Sisters; Sūq; Tanks; Terrorism; Truces; Uncles; Villagers; Women socio-economic role; ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon); ʻĪd celebrations

00:40:26 - Palestinian refugee camp conditions during the Israeli invasion

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al- Ḥiṭṭīnī, Umm Yūsuf (Martyr).

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

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Anṣār (Detention camp: Lebanon); Arrest; Assassination; Brutal treatment; Building practices; Collaborationists; Crimes against humanity; Disappeared persons; Emotions; Nation; Nostalgia; Palestinian diaspora; Palestinian unity; Political prisoners; Protests against occupation; Rape; Reconstruction; Refugee legal status; Return; Schools; Shootings; Social norms; Tear gas; Trade; Women education; Women in armed conflicts; Women socio-economic role; ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon); Ḥizb al-Katā’ib al-Lubnānīyah

00:56:40 - Social dynamics in a Palestinian community

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

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Keywords: Assassination; Children in armed conflicts; Collaborationists; Crimes against humanity; Customs and traditions; Educational grants; Emotions; Family relations; Fathers; Marriage; Martyrdom; Murder; Palestinian resistance; Prisoner exchange; Rape; Social norms; Socio-economic conditions; Underground movements; Weapons; Widows; Women education; Women in armed conflicts; Women socio-economic role

01:11:06 - Social and political changes in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Refugee Camp

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Khaṭīb, Aḥmad (Lebanese Army commander).

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Keywords: Customs and traditions; Educational grants; Fathers; Generations; Grandfathers; Israeli Invasion of Lebanon, 1982; Korea; Military training; Orphans; Oslo Accords, 1993; Passing on memories; Personal belongings; Photographs; Pistols; Private libraries; Refugee experience; Socio-economic conditions; Uncles; Widows; Women education; Women socio-economic role; Work