Interview with Karīm Nāyif Kanj

Biography: The interview was recorded on November 20, 1998 with Karīm Nāyif Kanj, male, born in 1925 in al-Zīb, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He worked as a Policeman with the British Police Forces in Palestine.
Interviewer: Lūbānī, Muntahá
Interviewee: Kanj, Karīm Nāyif
Place of Origin: al-Zīb
In Collection: POHA, Al-Jana, Biographies Collection
Interview Audio/Video:
Format: audio
Duration: 02:17:50
Language: Arabic
Interview Date: 1998-11-20
Permanent Link: https://n2t.net/ark:/86073/b3dw6c
Subjects:
Significant Figures:
al-Za‘īm, Ḥusnī (Arab Salvation Army commander); Abū Khashab, Muṣṭafá (Jailor); Rāfi‘, Sa‘īd (Prisoner); Sh'hayyib, Muḥammad (Policeman).
Families:
Sirḥān; Sursuq; Salām; al-Sa‘dī; al-Shaykh Ṭāhā; ‘Aṭāyā; Murād; Kanj; Sa‘īd; Abū Khashab.
Landmarks-Private Institutions:
Haifa Oil Refinery (Corporation).
Landmarks-Lakes, Rivers:
Marj Bin ‘Āmir (Plain).
Table of Contents: Exile to Lebanon and refugee experience. (@ 00:00:00)
Rural life and socio-economic conditions. (@ 00:16:1)
Political turmoil and Socio-economic life. (@ 00:30:14)
Employment and work in the British police forces. (@ 00:43:57)
Employment and hierarchy in British Police forces in Palestine. (@ 01:10:7)
Military training in Syria. (@ 01:39:50)
Police activity in Palestine. (@ 01:50:0)
Expulsion and refugee experience. (@ 02:01:32)
Table of Contents:
  • Exile to Lebanon and refugee experience. (@ 0:00)
  • Rural life and socio-economic conditions. (@ 16:1)
  • Political turmoil and Socio-economic life. (@ 30:14)
  • Employment and work in the British police forces. (@ 43:57)
  • Employment and hierarchy in British Police forces in Palestine. (@ 70:7)
  • Military training in Syria . (@ 99:50)
  • Police activity in Palestine. (@ 110:0)
  • Expulsion and refugee experience. (@ 121:32)