Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies (CAMES).

Oral History Project



The Emir Farid Chehab (الأمير فريد شهاب)

1908 - 1985

Lebanese head of intelligence, director of general security, vice president of Interpol and ambassador.

Said Aql (الشاعر سعيد عقل)

1912 -

Lebanese poet, journalist, writer and ideologue.

Saeb Salam (صائب بك سلام)

1905 - 2000

Lebanese politician, parliamentarian and prime minister.

Adel Osserian (عادل عسيران)

1905 - 1998

Lebanese politician, parliamenterian and speaker of the house.

Anbara Salam al Khalidi (عنبرة سلام الخالدي)

1897 - 1986

Lebanese author.

Husni al Barazi (حسني بك البرازي)

1895 - 1975

Prime minister of Syria 1942 - 1943.

Raymond Eddé (ريمون أده)

1913 - 2000

Lebanese politician and parliamentarian.

Nizar Qabbani (نزار قباني)

1923 - 1998

Syrian poet, diplomat and publisher.

Aref al Nakadi (عارف بك النكدي)

1887 - 1975

Lebanese judge.



The interviews were either made by CAMES or gathered from other sources in the late 1960's and early 70's.

Where indicated, the digitized audio interviews are available in the MP3, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC audio formats. The latter two being non-proprietory, open formats. Further information on these formats and compatible players is available on the Internet.

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