PALESTINE Memories of 1948 - Photographs of Jerusalem | Page 9

Contents
Foreword by Salim Tamari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Living Memories by Falestin Naili . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Why this book? by Chris Conti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
MEMORIES OF 1948 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
The girl on the Jerusalem rooftops, Sohaila Soubhy Shishtawi, 90 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
The legal battle to unfreeze Palestinian assets, Fuad Shehadeh, deceased in 2019 at the age of 94 . 28
The Stranger, Feissal Darraj, 76 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
The guardian of the olive trees, Suleyman Hassan, 76 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
The Nazareth militant, Samira Khbais Khoury, 90 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Terror in Al Dawayima, Rushdieh Al Hudeib, deceased in 2018 at the age of 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
The land that feeds us, ‘Abd Al Rahman Al Najjab, deceased in 2018 at the age of 95 . . . . . . . . . . 76
The absentee, Umaima Mohtadi Al Alami, 83 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Pen, politics and bitter bread, Majed Abu Sharar, assassinated in 1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
The school teacher, Salaheddin Saleh Aissa, 83 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
The living stones of Haifa, Suad Qaraman, 91 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
From Gaza to Rio, journey of a “Compatriot of Jesus”, Muhyeddin Al Jamal, about 88 years old . . . 126
Mother of the return, Um Al ‘Awda, Halima Mohammad Mustafa, about 76 years old . . . . . . . . 136
The Patriarch, Michel Sabbah, 86 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Excellence: A Palestinian woman’s duty, Tamam Al Ghul, 81 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
The day that cunning saved Battir, Hassan Ibrahim Harbuk, 90 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Going home to Palestine, Ilham Abughazaleh, 80 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Chilestinian: A Palestinian from Chile or a Chilean of Palestinian origin?
Nakhle Shahwan, 84 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
The freedom of a Sufi, Mohammad Tijani, 93 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
PHOTOGRAPHS OF JERUSALEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209