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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.
Exploring the Collections without the Search Bar
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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Speech by Leila Khaled Speech by Leila Khaled
Call Number: KP 181Format: CassetteCollection: Palestine
Speech by Leila Khaled
Hijacked Hijacked
Date: 1/1/2006Call Number: V 221Format: DVDProducers: Ilan ZivProgram: American Experience - PBSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
On September 6, 1970, members of the militant Palestinian group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (P.F.L.P.), hijacked four commercial airplanes. They commandeered a fifth aircraft three days later. Wanting to attract attention to the Palestinian cause and secure the release of several of their comrades, the P.F.L.P. spectacularly blew up four of the planes. Today the commanders who planned and carried out the attack resist comparison to the terrorists who masterminded the events of September 11, 2001: members of the P.F.L.P. were not religious extremists, but secular Marxist Leninists. And of the almost 600 passengers taken hostage, none were killed. Great documentary footage & historical interviews though the predicatable politics of PBS overall.
Ideology of the Palestinian Guerillas Ideology of the Palestinian Guerillas
Date: 4/29/1970Call Number: CE 225Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: The Few and the Many: Ideology of the Palestinian GuerrillasCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
The history of the Palestinian independence movement and motives and philosophies of various Palestinian resistance organizations. Interviews with revolutionary leaders and soldiers.
The Palestinian Revolution - Part 1 The Palestinian Revolution - Part 1
Date: 4/1/1970Call Number: CE 239Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: The Palestinian RevolutionCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
An introduction to the history of Zionism in Palestine. Interviews with officials from Palestinian revolutionary organizations about relations among their organizations their goals, philosophies, and political, social, and military activities.
The Palestinian Revolution - Part 2 The Palestinian Revolution - Part 2
Date: 4/1/1970Call Number: CE 240Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: The Palestinian RevolutionCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
An introduction to the history of Zionism in Palestine. Interviews with officials from Palestinian revolutionary organizations about relations among their organizations their goals, philosophies, and political, social, and military activities.
The Palestinian Revolution - Part 3 The Palestinian Revolution - Part 3
Date: 4/1/1970Call Number: CE 241Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: The Palestinian RevolutionCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
An introduction to the history of Zionism in Palestine. Interviews with officials from Palestinian revolutionary organizations about relations among their organizations their goals, philosophies, and political, social, and military activities.
The Palestinian Revolution - Part 1 & 2 The Palestinian Revolution - Part 1 & 2
Date: 4/1/1970Call Number: CD 709Format: CDProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: The Palestinian RevolutionCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
An introduction to the history of Zionism in Palestine. Interviews with officials from Palestinian revolutionary organizations about relations among their organizations their goals, philosophies, and political, social, and military activities.
Speech by Leila Khaled Speech by Leila Khaled
Call Number: CD 711Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Speech by Leila Khaled
Action Women of Beirut - Short Version Action Women of Beirut - Short Version
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: CE 287Format: Cass A & BProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Action Women of BeirutCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Two years after June 1967 war. North American women active in pro-Palestinian organizations in Beirut, Lebanon. Eyewitness accounts of Jerusalem in 1967 - Israeli army home looting, car theft, destruction of villages, mass assassinations. Reports from Israeli socialist organization on assassinations, mass graves, bodies floating in the Jordan River as a result of Israeli army repression. Mentions formation of “Americans for Justice in the Middle East,” which publishes a newsletter on Palestinian resistance and conditions in occupied territories. Allied Arab Women’s organization - the 5th of June Society, Institute for Palestine Studies, and Palestine Research Center (associated with PLO). Also features a short interview with Leila Khaled.
Nadira Sururi - Part 1 Nadira Sururi - Part 1
Date: 5/13/1977Call Number: CE 318Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Sociologist, artist, feminist, and poet gives her impression of Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon during the civil war and the absence of religious tensions. PLO social services to refugees in Lebanon and women's role in the Palestinian resistance. About Lebanese rightist militias and Israeli snipers massacring Muslims and the consequent rise in support of the PLO. Jordanian King Hussein's persecution of the PLO, leftist organizations, and trade unions. Male chauvinism and the female's struggle in the Middle East.