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There are many ways to search the collections of the Freedom Archives. Below is a brief guide that will help you conduct effective searches. Note, anytime you search for anything in the Freedom Archives, the first results that appear will be our digitized items. Information for items that have yet to be scanned or yet to be digitized can still be viewed, but only by clicking on the show link that will display the hidden (non-digitized) items. If you are interested in accessing these non-digitized materials, please email info@freedomarchives.org.
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Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
Basic Searching
You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
Advanced Searching
The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
Keyword Searches
You’ll notice that under the heading KEYWORDS, there are a number of words, phrases or names that describe content. Sometimes these are also called “tags.” Clicking on these words is essentially the same as conducting a basic search.

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The People and The Land The People and The Land
Call Number: V 054Format: VHSProducers: Riad BahhurCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Palestinian filmmaker Riad Bahhur takes a critical look at U.S. support of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, its impact on daily life there, and its surprising effect on U.S. public policy. By award winning photographer Tom Hayes - Public Broadcasting Corporation paid for this film, then refused to air it. Filmed at great risk to film crew and civilian population, filmed in Gaza, West Bank and Haifa. For those who are seeking the truth about the war of rocks against rifles, 1 hour, professional quality. Learn why many professing Christians support war, repression and torture.
People and the Land People and the Land
Date: 1/1/1997Call Number: V 120Format: VHSProducers: Tom Hayes, Raid BahhurCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Ahlan w'Sahlan (Our People and Our Lands)is a Palestinian expression of greeting offering everything between earth and sky for the comfort of a guest. It also sums up the dual responsibilities placed on an occupying power by the Geneva Accords; administration of the occupied territory and responsibility for the well-being of the people on it. People and the Land airdrops viewers into the universe of an occupied people, unreeling images of a new form of apartheid based on ethnicity. Challenging U.S. foreign policy and the conventions of the documentary form itself, People and the Land examines the concrete realities of Israel's conduct in the West Bank and Gaza, the level of U.S. support for that conduct through foreign aid, and the human cost of that aid in Palestine and the U.S.
Impact of Israeli Occupation on Palestine Economy Impact of Israeli Occupation on Palestine Economy
Call Number: CE 468Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Impact of Israeli Occupation on Palestine EconomyCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interviews on post-1967 Israeli occupation's extremely negative effects on Palestinian economy, including unemployment, decline of tourism, taxation, and other aspects.
PFLP Bulletin PFLP Bulletin
Publisher: Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestineYear: 1979Volume Number: No. 28 JuneFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
A revolutionary Palestinian publication in the English language dedicated to the struggle for liberation and return published by the PFLP. It is a predecessor to the magazine, "Democratic Palestine." Cover Story: "Palestine-Oman Unity in Struggle"
PFLP Bulletin PFLP Bulletin
Publisher: Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestineYear: 1981Volume Number: No. 47 Feb.Format: PeriodicalCollection: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
A revolutionary Palestinian publication in the English language dedicated to the struggle for liberation and return published by the PFLP. It is a predecessor to the magazine, "Democratic Palestine." Cover Story: "Palestinian-Lebanese Unity in Struggle"
My Friends the Arabs My Friends the Arabs
Author: Chancellor Bruno KreiskyPublisher: New Outlook MagazineYear: 1978Volume Number: November-DecemberFormat: ArticleCollection: US and British Foreign Policy on Palestine
Excerpt from Austrian Chancellor Kriesky's book "The Times We Live In" discussing the possibility of a two state solution and the political and economic results of such a solution.
Zionism and the Ideological Manipulation of Christian Groups Zionism and the Ideological Manipulation of Christian Groups
Author: Rosmary Radford RuetherPublisher: Arab-American Affairs CouncilYear: 1987Volume Number: FallFormat: ArticleCollection: Anti-Zionist Criticism
Article linking theories of Zionoism in Christian contexts to Palestinian oppression.
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Publisher: American Educational TrustYear: 1988Volume Number: Vol. 7-1 MayFormat: PeriodicalCollection: US and British Foreign Policy on Palestine
Special Reports on Ballistic Missiles in the Middle East; Lobbying for Mideast Peace; Palestinians: Consensus and Questions; Economics Under Occupation.
Palestine Focus Palestine Focus
Publisher: The November 29th Committee for Palestine/ Palestine FocusYear: 1986Volume Number: March-AprilFormat: PeriodicalCollection: US and British Foreign Policy on Palestine
This is the US American national newspaper of the 29th Committee for Palestine. Some of the featured articles in this edition include: An editorial on the discourse of "terrorism," An article reporting Ramsey Clark speaking for Palestinian rights, and an interview with Palestinian cartoonist Naji al-Ali.
Palestine Focus Palestine Focus
Publisher: The November 29th Committee for Palestine/ Palestine FocusYear: 1987Volume Number: July-AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: US and British Foreign Policy on Palestine
This is the US American national newspaper of the 29th Committee for Palestine. Some of the featured articles in this edition include: An article on the unification of the PLO, an editorial on the Sabra and Shatila massacre, and an article on women and resistance.