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  • About Sharq
    • Our mission & vision
    • Our approach
    • Our team
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  • Our Work
    • Oral History Production
      • Why we document stories
      • Library: Tarikhi, The Platform of Arab World Voices
      • Collection: Migration & Identity
      • Collection: Multi-religious & ethnic cooperation
      • Collection: Stories of Belonging
      • Collection: Peaceful Coexistence in the Diaspora
      • Collection: Lebanon Livelihoods
      • Collection: Syrian Histories
      • Collection: 42 Years of Oppression in Libya
    • Research & Media
      • How & where we share stories
      • Study: Rejuvenating Lebanon’s cultural sector
      • Policy paper: Infusing belonging into migration policy
      • Animations: Nurturing Belonging
      • Book: Stories of Migration & Belonging
      • Podcast: Syrians in the Diaspora
      • Periodical: Tarikhi journal
      • Book: Syria & Its People
      • Media Support: Reporting GBV
      • Report: Economic opportunities & challenges in Lebanon
      • Series: Extremism in Syria and Europe
      • Book: 42 Years of Oppression in Libya
      • Series: The Many Impacts of War
      • Study: Collaboration within Civil Society in Lebanon
      • Workshops: Citizen Journalism
    • Cultural Practice
      • How stories feed the arts
      • The Mahmoud Maghribi Award for Pluralism
      • Art: Inspired by Syrian Histories
      • Theatre: “I Am Not A Vase”
      • Theatrical Readings: Syrian Histories
    • Community Events
      • How stories bring people together
      • Story Salons: Promoting peaceful coexistence
      • Staged Performances: I Am Not A Vase, Lebanon & Stockholm
      • Staged Readings: Syrian Histories, Beirut
      • Space: Sharq Salon, Beirut
      • Series: Syrian Culture in Times of Conflict, Beirut & Stockholm
      • Series: Community activities in Yarmouk, Damascus
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Sharq.Org | منظمة شرق
  • About Sharq
    • Our mission & vision
    • Our approach
    • Our team
    • Hire Us
    • Join us
    • Contact Us
  • Our Work
    • Oral History Production
      • Why we document stories
      • Library: Tarikhi, The Platform of Arab World Voices
      • Collection: Migration & Identity
      • Collection: Multi-religious & ethnic cooperation
      • Collection: Stories of Belonging
      • Collection: Peaceful Coexistence in the Diaspora
      • Collection: Lebanon Livelihoods
      • Collection: Syrian Histories
      • Collection: 42 Years of Oppression in Libya
    • Research & Media
      • How & where we share stories
      • Study: Rejuvenating Lebanon’s cultural sector
      • Policy paper: Infusing belonging into migration policy
      • Animations: Nurturing Belonging
      • Book: Stories of Migration & Belonging
      • Podcast: Syrians in the Diaspora
      • Periodical: Tarikhi journal
      • Book: Syria & Its People
      • Media Support: Reporting GBV
      • Report: Economic opportunities & challenges in Lebanon
      • Series: Extremism in Syria and Europe
      • Book: 42 Years of Oppression in Libya
      • Series: The Many Impacts of War
      • Study: Collaboration within Civil Society in Lebanon
      • Workshops: Citizen Journalism
    • Cultural Practice
      • How stories feed the arts
      • The Mahmoud Maghribi Award for Pluralism
      • Art: Inspired by Syrian Histories
      • Theatre: “I Am Not A Vase”
      • Theatrical Readings: Syrian Histories
    • Community Events
      • How stories bring people together
      • Story Salons: Promoting peaceful coexistence
      • Staged Performances: I Am Not A Vase, Lebanon & Stockholm
      • Staged Readings: Syrian Histories, Beirut
      • Space: Sharq Salon, Beirut
      • Series: Syrian Culture in Times of Conflict, Beirut & Stockholm
      • Series: Community activities in Yarmouk, Damascus
  • Consulting for Clients
  • Blog
  • العربية
  • العربية

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Oral History

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Sharq: our approach

Oral HistoryWhy we document stories

Oral histories are recordings of individuals telling stories about their lives and about events they have witnessed and…

Oral HistoryLibrary: Tarikhi, The Platform of Arab World Voices

Tarikhi (Arabic for “My History”) is a platform for the dissemination and promotion of recorded interviews with and…

Oral HistoryCollection: Migration & Identity

Has how you define yourself changed over the past decade? How has the conflict impacted your sense of…

Oral HistoryCollection: Multi-religious & ethnic cooperation

Sharq.Org is, in 2021, engaged in the documentation of projects implemented in the Arab world in 2020 that…
    • Oral History
    • Publications
    • Research & Media

Stories of Migration & Belonging

Anecdotes that highlight the value of connecting with and embracing others

Oral HistoryCollection: Peaceful Coexistence in the Diaspora

A team of researchers in six different countries conducted and recorded interviews with Syrians and locals in a bid to…

Oral HistoryCollection: Syrian Histories

A collection of over 120 interviews with Syrians about life and society in Syria before 2011

Oral HistoryCollection: Lebanon Livelihoods

Interviews with Lebanese & Palestinians about employment and entrepreneurship aimed at informing research into economic challenges and opportunities.

Oral History42 Years of Oppression in Libya

Personal accounts of human rights abuses in Gaddafi's Libya
    • Oral History
    • Select stories

Story: Ilham Dabboub, Libya

Nursery head Ilham Dabboub was three years old when her father, Omar Ali Dabboub, was first imprisoned in 1973. He was repeatedly imprisoned and tortured until the day he was hanged on 7 April 1977.
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