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Editorial

• The history of palestinian Oral History: Individual Vitality and Institutional Paralysis by Rosemary Sayigh

Interviews

• Gaby Abed, recorded in Yafa, October 26,1998
• Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, recorded in Ramallah June 12, 2000
• Jamil Arafat, recorded in Mashhad, April 14, 2000

File

• Cultural Life in Palestine before the Uprooting

Interviews

• Memories of Jaffa: An interview with the poet Mahmoud el-Hout.
• Establishing a Palestinian film archive: Dialogue with filmmaker Qais-al-Zubaydi.
• Researching the memory of space: An interview wtih Dr. Mahmoud ‘Issa

From our archives

• Oral testimonies and songs from 1948 Palestine.

Article

• Oral history is an activist project: “Concrete details” and the “human factor”.
• The young journalists’ exhibition Book Reviews: Bab al-Shams, a novel by Elias Khoury.
• Being an Internal Refugee: Palestinian Refugees 1948-1998 by Dr. Adel Hussayn Yahya

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 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

Articles

• Hafia in Puplis of My Eyes: A Meeting with the Poet of Hafia, Hassan Al-Buheriy by Ali Al-Cordi
• Memories of Childhood in Hafia by Ranada Farah
• The Art of Palestinian Embroidery: A Dialogue with the Artist Haykia Awad by Ali Al-Cordi

The Collective Memory File

• Palestinian Oral History Archives : Testimonies on the 1948 Nakba
• Palestinian Folk Archive: Original Folklore Texts (Popular Songs and Tales)

Cultural And Educational Institutions

• Popular Art Center / Al-Bireh.

Articles

• Palestine As Remembered by the “Shaikh” of Popular literature in Lebanon, Salam Al-Rasi by Jaber Suleiman
• Mahmoud Dakwar’s Collection: An Ethnographic museum for the Palestinian collective memory by Jaber Abu Hawash
• The Instrument of Abusrdity, “Al-Arghul” by Ali Al-Cordi
• Learning with Cultural Heritage: Textbooks on Palestinian folk tales and songs
• NGO Profile: The National Institute for Social Care and Training / Beit Atfal Al-Somud by Zeinab Saqallah

Palestinian Oral History File

• Remembering the Near East Broadcasting Station in pre-1948 Palestine (Part 2)

Articles

• NGO Profile: Tamer Institute for Community education in Palestine by Zeianb Saqallah
• Zajjal by Assad Said
• Yusra Jawharieh ‘Arnita, Musicologist
• Abu Arab, Popular and Singer

From Our Collection

• Folk Tales and Songs

Palestinian Oral History File

• Remembering the Near East Broadcasting Station in pre-1948 Palestine (Part 1)

Articles

• Folk Songs Sung in Villages Wedding in Palestine by Mahmoud Muflih al-Baker
• Palestinian Folklore: Superstitions about Bread by Jaber Suleiman
• NGO Profile: The Association for the Development of Palestinian Camps / Lebanon by Zeinab Saqallah

Files on Oral History

• Oral history and Palestinian Collective Memory by Sonia El-Nimr
• Oral History and Palestinian Community by Rosemary Sayigh
• Interview with Bayan al-Hout
• Interview with Rosemary Sayigh
• Interview with Julie Peteet
• The Use of Oral History in Activities with Young Adolescents by Moa’taz al-Dajani
• An Annotated Bibliography: Palestinian Studies
• Using Oral History
• Book Reviews of Oral History Texts

From Our Collection
Folk Tale: The King and the Porter

Article
The Bridegroom as the Hero

Institutions of Heritage
Palestinian Folklore Center / The Society of In’ash El-Usra – Bireh / Palestine.

File of this Edition
Dr. Tawfiq Canaan (1882-1964); The Pioneer of Folk Studies in Palestine.

Editorial

• The First Harvest by Jaber Suleiman

Palestinian Embroidery

• Al-Jana Symposium on Embroidery by Rose Shoumali
• An Interview with Mrs. Widad Kawarz
• Embroidery on Dresses of Southern Palestine by Dr. Edward Kash
• A Bibliography on Costumes and Embroidery by Dr. Edward Kash
• Dr. Tawfik Kanaan (1882-1964): A pioneer Anthropologist from Palestine by Jaber Suleiman