Your stories are my stories : a Palestinian oral history project.

"This oral history project is not just a research effort. It is rather more a dialogue between the generations. The oral histories have been collected by students at a very difficult time in their life; when they were trying to come to terms with the emergency situation that occurred during the Al A...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Culture and Palestine series.
Corporate Author: Arab Educational Institute (Bethlehem) (Issuing body)
Language:English
Published: [Bethlehem, Palestine] : [Arab Educational Institute], [2001]
Series:Culture and Palestine series.
Subjects:
Palestinian Arabs > Biography.
Oral history > Palestine.
Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-2005
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:125 pages ; 21 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • An overview of the 20th century history of Palestine: with a focus on the Bethlehem area
  • The oral history interviews
  • I was born in war. I have lived in war. And I feel that I will die in war / Amal Owaineh
  • It's not my town anymore / Rana Bassus
  • I can't forget my hometown / Claude Tushieh
  • Remembrances of Ramleh / Deema Wahhab
  • The grapes used to taste sweeter / Fida' Nustas
  • Preserving his stories / Greena Musallam
  • A simpler and happier life / Hiba Sa'di
  • Your past is my past / Iffat el-Dalou
  • 'Ghara' or 'Sigara'? / Iman Issa
  • Our stories never die / Jane Thaljiyeh
  • Good times, bad times / Jennifer Juha
  • The few days that we decided to spend in Ramallah turned out to be sixteen whole years / Joanne Misleh
  • I would like to hide you in my heart / Jumana Danho
  • The more civilized we live, the more problems we face / Lara Giacaman
  • Living in Dheisheh refugee camp / Leena Manna'
  • Similar or different events? / Manal Zeytoun
  • She left the food cooking on the stove / Manar Katimi
  • A lost baby / Maria Musallam
  • Covered by clouds / Marina Dabdoub
  • I found my clothes burined under the ruins / Marlene Khoury
  • That little bullet didn't touch me / Marwa Hihi
  • I refused to take off my boots / Marwa Dyarbakerly
  • The longest moment / Mary Hazboun
  • Understanding our history / May Hazboun
  • The intruders and Saint Nicholas / Micheline Atick
  • Even the branches of a tree were separated / Nadine 'Ali
  • I threw myself on the ground to protect the girl / Nermineen Zarzar
  • Here comes Judas Iscariot to hand you in again / Nermeen Rishmawi
  • His watch stopped ticking at the moment of his death / Nisreen Ballout
  • Running home / Pauline Nissan
  • He carried his father on his back / Olga Bassil
  • Living in a house of prayer / Rana Da'boub
  • Giving us back our freedom / Rana Salman
  • Bringing seven fowls every week for the general / Rana Mourrah
  • The exam interrupted / Sylvia Hazou
  • War lessons / Deena Qumsiyeh
  • From very rich to very poor / Rana Juha
  • A history of the Palestinians / Rasha Hazineh
  • Will I tell the same story to my grandchildren? / Rasha Dibis
  • Fifteen minutes to run away or be killed / Rawan Khater
  • We had tranquility / Rawan Moussa
  • I spent the whole night coloring eggs / Reem Musleh
  • Disguised as Christian fathers / Roula Hazboun
  • Keep your dignity / Ruwayda Nissan
  • She couldn't forget the death of her father / Shireen Jazrawi
  • Going too far in their arrogance / Suzy Michael
  • Misleading the Turkish soldiers / Tamara Giacaman
  • On a donkey / Tamara Kando
  • Grandfather, I am sorry / Yara Obayat
  • History repeats itself / Manar Atick
  • Educational set up.