The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive - أرشيف المتحف الفلسطيني الرقمي : Text : The Diaries of Fandi Mhanna, Buqei'a- Upper Galilee, 1946-1947 [0353.02.0001]

0353.02.0001

The Diaries of Fandi Mhanna, Buqei'a- Upper Galilee, 1946-1947

This 125-page document shows the diaries of Fandi Mhanna from Buqei'a- Upper Galilee from 1946 until the end of 1947 inside an agenda, where he focused on social and political aspects of life since then, in addition to writing several poetry verses, including a poem of praise for Pasha al-Atrash after returning from Transjordan to Jabal al-Druze, al-Atrash is a Druze rebel and leader and is considered the general commander of the Great Syrian Revolt against the French colonization in 1925. In addition, Fandi wrote some financial accounts in his diaries, including some related to renting a mill, the village's three bakeries, olive oil, payments from people and others related to pomegranates, he also wrote several lists with people's names who owed or lent him money with the amount of the debt. Mhanna also discussed his relationship with his family, days at Buqei'a, and visits to neighbouring villages to resolve disputes between families. At last, his diaries included briefs written by his daughter, Ishtiyaq, for her school lessons, where Mhanna stopped writing in this diary after giving it to his daughter and bought another for himself to encourage her writing, as it was hard for children to own notebooks at that time.

Date created

1946 – 1947

COLLECTIONS

The Hussien Mhanna Collection

Hussien Mhanna Sub-collection 2: Documents