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- Description:
- Part of a series of interviews in the Arab American community completed by Dr. Alixa Naff in 1962., Original tape contained only one interview, with Selma S. Interview is conducted almost entirely in Arabic., and Interview was originally completed on a reel-to-reel tape and was digitized in 2016 through a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Arab American National Museum.
- Notes:
- Source: Archives Center at the National Museum of Arab American History
- Date Issued:
- 1962-07-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Oral Histories from the Faris and Yamna Naff Arab American Collection
- Description:
- Part of a series of interviews in the Arab American community completed by Dr. Alixa Naff in 1962., Original tape contains two interviews, one with Thomas and Latify C. in Windsor, Ontario and the second with Nazha H. in Detroit, Michigan. Both interviews are almost entirely in Arabic., Thomas and Latify C. discuss folk remedies for various ailments, tell a stories of St. George curing an invalid and about Djin, sing a song written in the U.S. about a village in Lebanon and discuss superstitions. Nazha H. talks about the Evil Eye, naming and marriage conventions, many proverbs, curses and superstitons, and singes a lullabye and mourning song. This list is not exhaustive., and Interview was originally completed on a reel-to-reel tape and was digitized in 2016 through a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Arab American National Museum.
- Notes:
- Source: Archives Center at the National Museum of American History and Related item: Nazha H. interview notes: http://cdm16806.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16806coll10/id/11/rec/3
- Date Issued:
- 1962-07-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Oral Histories from the Faris and Yamna Naff Arab American Collection
- Description:
- Part of a series of interviews in the Arab American community completed by Dr. Alixa Naff in 1962., Original tape contained only one interview with five subjects, Anisie Z., Rasmiya B., Minnie B., Mary A. and Khazana K. The interview is conducted primarily in Arabic with some English., and Interview was originally completed on a reel-to-reel tape and was digitized in 2016 through a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Arab American National Museum.
- Notes:
- Source: Archives Center at the National Museum of Arab American History
- Date Issued:
- 1962-07-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Oral Histories from the Faris and Yamna Naff Arab American Collection