Interview with Yūsuf Dīwān

Biography: The interview was recorded on December 12, 1997 with Yūsuf Dīwān, male born in 1939 in Yājūr, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.
Interviewer: Abū ʻAlī, Ibtisām
Lūbānī, Muntahá
Interviewee: Dīwān, Yūsuf
Place of Origin: Yājūr
In Collection: POHA, Al-Jana, Nakba Collection
Interview Audio/Video:
Format: audio
Duration: 01:19:32
Language: Arabic
Interview Date: 1997-12-07
Permanent Link: https://n2t.net/ark:/86073/b33s55
Subjects:
Significant Figures:
Dūghān, Dīb (Resistance fighter); al-Milījī, Zaydān (Mayor); al-Ṣaffūrī, Abū Maḥmūd (Resistance leader).
Families:
al-Ḥilū; Abū al-Ghizlān; Jumʻah; Abū Rudaynah; al-Shaqrā; Abū Shtayyā; Ḥammād; al-ʻAfīfī; Murād.
Landmarks-Private Institutions:
Iraqi Petroleum Company (Corporation).
Landmarks-Cultural and Touristic Institutions:
Ḥisbat Haifa (Market).
Landmarks-Lakes, Rivers:
Jabal al-Karmil (Mountain); Marj Bin ‘Āmir (Plain).
Table of Contents: History of the village. (@ 00:00:00)
Political turmoil and resistance. (@ 00:14:40)
Violence, battles and armed resistance. (@ 00:27:10)
Refugee life in Lebanon. (@ 00:37:5)
Exile from Palestine, humiliation and isolation. (@ 00:48:19)
Arab attitudes toward Palestine. (@ 00:58:42)
Zionist occupation and resistance. (@ 01:02:20)
Refugees hope for the future. (@ 01:11:50)
Table of Contents:
  • History of the village. (@ 0:00)
  • Political turmoil and resistance. (@ 14:40)
  • Violence, battles and armed resistance. (@ 27:10)
  • Refugee life in Lebanon. (@ 37:5)
  • Exile from Palestine, humiliation and isolation. (@ 48:19)
  • Arab attitudes toward Palestine. (@ 58:42)
  • Zionist occupation and resistance. (@ 62:20)
  • Refugees hope for the future. (@ 71:50)