Oral History of Palestinian Migration Family Memory and Adaptation in the United States
Introduction This oral-history essay records the memories of a Palestinian man who migrated to the United States with his family at the age of sixteen. The interview was conducted by his daughter and focuses on childhood poverty, interrupted schooling, work, war, migration, faith, family responsibility, and adaptation. The original account contains valuable personal details but sometimes judges the speaker’s wording, compares him vaguely with unrelated immigrant narratives, and treats his

