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00:00:00 - Socio- political dynamics during British mandate

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-al-Ḥajjār, Muṭrān (Poet).

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Keywords: Animals; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arrest; British Army; Brutal treatment; Education; Means of transportation; Revolutionary songs; Tanks; Village siege; Water resources

00:11:31 - Two popular stories

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Keywords: Catholic Church; Childbirth; Christians; Conduct of life; Divorce; Ezra (Biblical figure); Fathers; Hospitality; Immigration; Lebanese; Marriage; Saudi Arabia; Shepherds; Wives

00:20:36 - ِArabic aphorism

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Keywords: Agriculture; Arab tribes; Arabic proverbs; Boys; Dream interpretation; Education; Elderly people; Engagement; Interpersonal relations; Kings; Marriage; Money; Monologue; Mothers; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Wisdom; Work

00:31:29 - Story of the Old woman and the Treasure

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Keywords: Building practices; Charity; Chickens; Dance; Dignity; Food; Gold; Hardship; Horses; Ḥātim al-Ṭāʼī; Knights; Living conditions; Loggers; Pilgrimage; Rain; Theft

00:41:30 - Real story

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Keywords: Beirut (Lebanon); Complaints; Courts; Dairy products; Daughters-in-law; Dwellings; Education; Interpersonal relations; Jāmiʻat al-Quds; Landowners; Lottery; Marriage; Mistreatment; Money; Mothers; Peasants; Shepherds; Sons

00:53:11 - Friendship short story

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Keywords: Damascus (Syria); Fishing; Food; Friendship; Holidays; Islands; Journeys; Monsters; Rescue work; Stinginess; al-Zīb (Palestine)