Once upon a time, a long time ago, there was a forest, and in it there were lions. One day, the lion was walking through the forest. Now, usually when the lion is out walking and Abu al-Husayn1 sees him from thirty meters off, he changes his direction because it’s not in his nature that [...]
Category Archives: Active Memory
Fatima’s Story
Palestinian Oral History Archive Interviewee: Fatima Abd al-Salam Hanafi Provenance: Al-Kasayyer, Haifa Date & Place of Interview: Dec. 27, 1997, Tyre Ghina: Jaber asked you when he came about how you left Palestine. We don’t want to make you repeat that story; we just want to ask you what was your first reaction when Jaber [...]
Al-Jana Al-English #1, May 1998
Editorial 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 [...]
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Jaber’s Story
Interviewee: Jaber Younis and his wife Provenance: Safsaf, Safad region Date & Place of Interview: Dec. 25, 1997, Sidon Ghina: Why, in your opinion, did no one talk about the massacre at Safsaf? Jaber: Listen friend, the people of Safsaf will tell you that they left there like, you could say, having lost all consciousness. [...]
