Al-Jana Al-English #1, May 1998

Al-Jana Al-English #1

• Oral History is an Activist Project: “Concrete Details” and the “Human Factor” by Kirsten Scheid

Interviews

• Oral History for Palestinians: The Beginning of a Discipline by Rosemary Sayigh
• The continuous, Permanent Connection by Bayan Al-Hout

Guides to Doing an Oral History Project

• How to Undertake an oral History Project: PANOS Guidelines for Oral History Collection.
• Oral History and the Palestinian Community in Lebanon by Rosemary Sayigh

From Our Collection

• The Tale of the Ful Seller’s Daughter , a popular tale
• The Cleverness of Abu al-Husayn , a popular tale
• Imm Nafidh’s Story of the Hijra

Oral Testimony File

• “This Illiterate Woman, She Talked to Us” Participants’ Responses to Al-Jana’s 1948 Uprooting Oral History Project
  Summary And Evaluation by Kirsten Scheid
• Further Readings

About Al-Jana and Its Activities

• The Use of Oral History in Activities with Children