Interview with Ṣāliḥ Shaʻbān

Biography: The interview was recorded on May 29, 1997 with Ṣāliḥ Shaʻbān, male, born in 1934 in al-Dāmūn, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon.
Interviewer: Lūbānī, Muntahá
Interviewee: Shaʻbān, Ṣāliḥ
Place of Origin: al-Dāmūn
In Collection: POHA, Al-Jana, Nakba Collection
Interview Audio/Video:
Format: audio
Duration: 01:13:21
Language: Arabic
Interview Date: 1997-05-29
Permanent Link: https://n2t.net/ark:/86073/b3862q
Subjects:
Significant Figures:
al-Biqāʻīyah, Muḥammad al-Khaṭīb (Martyr); Ibrāhīm, Aḥmad ʻAbd al-Razzāq (Martyr); al-Biqāʻīyah, ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz Saʻīd (Martyr); Dyāb, Mūsá (Martyr); al-Shaʻbān, Ḥusayn (Hostage); al-ʻAbwānī, Dāwūd (Martyr); al-Zayādinah, Muḥammad Saʻīd al-Ibrāhīm (Martyr); al-Yāsīn, ʻAbd Ṣāliḥ (Martyr); Hilālī, Ibrāhīm (Military officer); al-ʻAyyāsh, Qāsim (Martyr).
Families:
al-Biqāʻīyah; al-Zaydānīyīn; ʻUthmān; Abū ʻAlī; al-Lūbānī; Shaʻbān; ʻAyyāsh; Ibrāhīm al-Muṣṭafá; Ballūṭ; Khnayfis.
Landmarks-Places of Worship:
Dhū al-Kifal (Maqām).
Landmarks-Private Institutions:
Haifa Oil Refinery (Corporation).
Landmarks-Lakes, Rivers:
Tal Napoleon (Hill); Nahr al-Naʻamayn (River); Īlāt (Mountain); Sahl Akka (Plain); Wādī Shannah (Valley); Wādī Sallāmah (Valley).
Table of Contents: Community life and customs in al-Dāmūn. (@ 00:00:00)
Zionist invasion and British colonialism. (@ 00:13:35)
Zionist occupation of al-Dāmūn, expulsion, and journey to exile. (@ 00:32:30)
Refugee experience and suffering in Lebanon. (@ 00:48:51)
Final reflections and hope of return. (@ 01:06:53)
Table of Contents:
  • Community life and customs in al-Dāmūn. (@ 0:00)
  • Zionist invasion and British colonialism. (@ 13:35)
  • Zionist occupation of al-Dāmūn, expulsion, and journey to exile . (@ 32:30)
  • Refugee experience and suffering in Lebanon. (@ 48:51)
  • Final reflections and hope of return. (@ 66:53)