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TAJ T. FAROUKI

The Ethnic Life Stories ProjectApril 2001

FAMILY HISTORY

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In the late 30’s, when I was about 7 or 8 years old, my father moved us to a beautiful house in

Jaffa located atop a hill, just a few yards from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. I remember adjacent

to our house was the Jaffa Club, an exclusive private sporting and swimming club reserved for the

British officers and their families only. As next-door neighbors we (the young members of our family)

were permitted to join in the activities of swimming, boating and surfing etc. Four of us children were

each two years apart and the youngest, so we often played together. At one point, my oldest sister

Sameha lived with us in Jaffa with her two sons who were close to my age. We became best buddies

and I would take them all swimming and boating. The beach was right below our house. A few set of

steps led from our house directly to the beach. We spent a lot of time in the water. That’s where I

learned to be a good swimmer.,�UHPHPEHU�VWDQGLQJ�E\�P\�EHGURRP�ZLQGRZ�DW�VXQVHW�ZDWFKLQJ�WKH�ILVKHUPHQ�JR�RXW��IRUW\�RU� ILIW\�ERDWV�DOO�KHDGLQJ�LQWR�WKH�VHD��� � /DWHU� ,�ZRXOG�ZDWFK�WKH�KRUL]RQ�DQG�VHH� WKH� OLJKWV� WKH\�XVHG�WR�DWWUDFW�WKH�ILVK�²� KXQGUHGV�RI�OLJKWV�DJDLQVW�WKH�KRUL]RQ���7KH\�ZRXOG�UHWXUQ�DERXW�ILYH�RU�VL[�LQ�WKH�PRUQLQJ�ZLWK�WKHLU�QHWV�IXOO�RI�ILVK�² ELJ�ILVK��VZRUGILVK��WURXW��VPHOWV�DQG�PRUH��7KH\·G�DOO� UHWXUQ�DW� VDPH� WLPH�DQG�ZRXOG�VRPHWLPHV�ZDNH�XV�XS�ZLWK� WKHLU� FKDQWLQJ�DOO� WRJHWKHU�´KDLOD�KXSµ ZKLOH�SXOOLQJ�WKHLU�ERDWV�RQ�WR�WKH�VKRUHV�7KH\·G�KDXO� WKH�ILVK�GLUHFWO\� WR�WKH�PDUNHW� WR�VHOO�WKDW�GD\��7KHVH�ZHUH�WKH�EHVW�\HDUV�RI�P\�OLIH��HVSHFLDOO\�GXULQJ�VXPPHUV���

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Thousands of uncles, aunts and cousins. Someone sent me an e-mail the other day and one of my

uncles has 320 immediate living decendents. The Farouki family is the base and then there are branches.

The Taji (that’s where the Taji comes from in my name), the Farouki, the Abul-Huda and Nur Allah. We

have four branches. However, the most important branch; that is, the wealthiest, strongest and most

powerful, is the Taji clan. We’re happy and proud about that fact. Don’t tell this to my other cousins.

They think otherwise.

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UHWXUQ�ZLWK�KLP�WR�3DOHVWLQH��RU�ZKDW�ZDV� OHIW�RI� WKH�FRXQWU\�� �0\�GDG�DQG�WKUHH�VLVWHUV�UHWXUQHG�ZLWK�P\�EURWKHU�DQG�,�VWD\HG�DQG�FRQWLQXHG�WR�DWWHQG�$PHULFDQ�8QLYHUVLW\�LQ�&DLUR��$8&���:KHQ�ZH� OHIW�3DOHVWLQH��ZH�DVVXPHG� WKDW� WKH�8QLWHG�1DWLRQV�ZRXOG�SURWHFW�RXU�SURSHUWLHV��7KH�8QLWHG�1DWLRQV�ZRXOG�QHYHU� OHDYH� VRPHWKLQJ� OLNH� WKDW�´ERLOLQJµ� LQ� WKH�0LGGOH�(DVW��QR�ZD\��0\� IDWKHU�ZRXOG� VD\� WKDW� WKH�ZRUOG�ZRXOG� QRW� DFFHSW� WKLV��:H� KDYH� WR� OLYH� WRJHWKHU�ZLWK� RXU� IULHQGV� DQG�QHLJKERUV��My father, brother and sisters went back to Ramallah, not to Jaffa. The coast was all occupied.

Two-thirds of Jerusalem was taken. And all of the villages and towns were also taken over. Ramallah is

on the edge of this area. You see a lot of problems in Ramallah today because it is one of the largest

Arab towns left. My brother, Hamdi, opened his clinic in Ramallah. All moved into a house together.

I went back in 1962 to Palestine after I had become a citizen. I wanted to see if I could claim or

save anything that had belonged to our family. I went to court and the judge said, “Go back home, son.

We’ll see you when we have a full peace agreement.” Which of course, still hasn’t happened.

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VFKRRO� LQ� WKH� &LW\� RI� 5DPDOODK�� ZKLFK� LV� XS� RQ� WKH� PRXQWDLQV� QHDU� -HUXVDOHP�� � ,W� ZDV� DQ�HOHPHQWDU\� DQG� VHFRQGDU\� VFKRRO�� NLQGHUJDUWHQ� WKURXJK� VHQLRU� \HDU� KLJK� VFKRRO�� � :KHQ� \RX�JUDGXDWH�\RX�DUH�UHDG\�WR�HQWHU�DV�D�IUHVKPDQ�LQ�DQ\�FROOHJH�RU�XQLYHUVLW\�LQ�WKH�ZRUOG�There were two compounds: one for boys called Friends Boys School (FBS) and approximately

three miles down the valley is the Friends Girls School (FGS). I think they built them far apart so we boys

couldn’t jump the fence and go visit the girls.:HOO��WKH�LGHD�ZRUNHG�VR�ZHOO�WKDW�P\�IDWKHU�DQG�PRWKHU�GHFLGHG�HYHU\ERG\�VKRXOG�JR�WR�WKH�$PHULFDQ�)ULHQGV�6FKRRO���,�ZDV�ILYH�\HDUV�ROG�ZKHQ�WKH\�WXUQHG�PH�RYHU�RQH�2FWREHU�GD\����,�WKLQN�LW�ZDV�DOZD\V�HLWKHU�6HSWHPEHU����RU�2FWREHU������7KH\�JDYH�PH�WR�RXU�GULYHU�ZLWK�P\�RWKHU�ILYH�RU�VL[� VLVWHUV� �P\�ROGHU� EURWKHUV� KDG� JUDGXDWHG� E\� WKHQ�� DQG� VHQW�PH� DSSUR[LPDWHO\� ���PLOHV� XS� WKH�PRXQWDLQV�WR�DWWHQG�NLQGHUJDUWHQ�DV�D�ERDUGHU�DW�)ULHQGV�6FKRRO���$W� WKDW� WLPH� ,� KDWHG� VFKRRO� DQG�PLVVHG� -DIID�� RXU� EHDFK�KRXVH��P\�0RP�DQG�'DG�� �(YHQ�WKRXJK�P\�VLVWHUV�ZHUH�FORVH�E\��,�ZDV�YHU\�XQKDSS\���0\�)DWKHU�DQG�0RWKHU�ZRXOG�ZULWH�PH�DQG�P\�)DWKHU�ZRXOG�VD\�´\RX�DUH�D�ELJ�ER\�QRZ�DQG�VRRQ�ZLOO�JR�WR�$PHULFD�DQG�EHFRPH�D�GRFWRU��D�ODZ\HU�RU�DQ�DUFKLWHFW���2K�\HDK���7KDW�ZDV�WKH�ODVW�WKLQJ�RQ�P\�PLQG���,�QHHGHG�P\�0RP�:H�ZRXOG� JR� KRPH� IRU�&KULVWPDV� YDFDWLRQ� IRU� DERXW� ��� GD\V� DQG� VSULQJ� EUHDN� DERXW� WZR�ZHHNV�� �,� ORRNHG�IRUZDUG�WR�VXPPHU�YDFDWLRQ�DQG�DQWLFLSDWHG�WKH�IHHO�RI� WKH�EHDXWLIXO�ZDWHU�RI� WKH�0HGLWHUUDQHDQ���:H�ZRXOG�VSHQG�-XO\��$XJXVW�DQG�6HSWHPEHU�DW�KRPH���7KH�WKRXJKW�RI�JRLQJ�EDFN�WR�)%6�LQ�D�IHZ�ZHHNV�ZDV�GUHDGIXO���,�UHFDOO�WKDW�ZKHQ�ZH�ZHUH�LQ�WKH�IRXUWK�RU�ILIWK�JUDGH�ZH�ZHUH�DOORZHG�WR�YLVLW�RXU�VLVWHUV�DW�)*6�IRU�DQ�KRXU�GXULQJ�WKH�ODVW�6XQGD\�RI�WKH�PRQWK���6LQFH�,�ZDV�D�´ELJ�ER\µ�QRZ�,�ZRXOG�EX\�WKHP�JLIWV�RI�FRRNLHV�DQG�FKRFRODWHV�IURP�WKH�EHDXWLIXO�VKRSV�RQ�RXU�ZD\�WR�WKHLU�VFKRRO���:KHQ�ZH�ZHUH�LQVLGH�WKH�JDWHV�WKH\�ZRXOG�DQQRXQFH�RXU�DUULYDO�DQG�DOO�RI�D�VXGGHQ�GR]HQV�RI�JLUOV�ZRXOG�FRPH�UXQQLQJ�WR�JUHHW�XV���7KDW�XVHG�WR�EH�D�ORW�RI�IXQ�Our teachers were a mixture of Arabs and Americans. Two of my favorite teachers were Arab

teachers, one from Jaffa and the other, Mr. Yusuf Qutub, from Ramallah.

The third was our music teacher from Oakland, IL. His name was Rolla Foley. I think I was

perhaps eight years old when he came to Ramallah. He was in charge of all music programs and in charge

of Francis Wright House, a recreation building with nice big rooms for table tennis (ping pong), a nice big

room with a grand piano, music books, game tables with four chairs for tournaments, Chinese checkers,

dama, chess, etc. Also, reading rooms with lots of Life, Look and lots of American books and magazines.

I used to thumb through these magazines and say, “This is a country I must visit someday, but not to live

permanently.” Deep in my heart, I always wanted to come back home because I loved my country and

my people so much.,� GLG� QRW� SOD\� DQ\�PXVLFDO� LQVWUXPHQWV�� DOWKRXJK� ,� XVHG� WR� IDNH� LW� DQG�SUHWHQG� WR� SOD\� WKH�

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A note about Mr. Foley: Rolla Foley is the professor who originated the idea of gathering some of the

good students – some of the more intelligent kids who had a brighter future and opportunity – to go to

America for a university education. He searched for and located us, even finding some of us in the

refugee camps. He rounded up about one hundred kids, got their school records, sent the records to

universities and got us accepted. He stayed in Ramallah for approximately three months to get us

accepted to the various universities with tuition paid by scholarships for all of us. He put us on the plane

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and said “You are on your own and I don’t want to hear from you in America.” Later he taught at

Columbia University in New York. When he died a few years ago, the Arabic papers said shed a tear for

Rolla Foley because without him we wouldn’t be here. I am happy to say that I was able to stay in touch

with Rolla Foley and still keep to this day in contact with his lovely wife, Ula.

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One of my friends at the time was George Dagher. He was my best friend from Tiberius in the

Galilee. His father was chief of police in Tiberius. We got to the Y, swam, played and had a wonderful

time. It was late in the afternoon when we started walking toward the Ramallah bus station. All of a

sudden BOOM; the loudest explosion, the loudest bomb we ever heard. It shook the entire city. George

and other friends in our small group were approximately 15 years old. We were alone without an adult

and the sky turned dark; smoke all over, the sirens wailing, the British army and military police in jeeps,

hard hats and motorcycles all over the city. If anyone made the wrong move they were arrested. I

looked around and there was only my friend, George and I in a dark alley hiding behind a small fence.

Everyone was shouting, “Curfew, get off the streets.” The streets became deserted – no people, no cars,

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no busses. Some time later we heard that the King David Hotel building was bombed. There were 90

some people dead, numerous wounded mostly British and some Arabs. :H�ZHUH� FORVH� WR� WKH�+RWHO� DV� LW�ZDV�YHU\� FORVH� WR� WKH�<0&$�� �:H�FRXOGQ·W� JR�EDFN� WR�5DPDOODK�DQG�ZH�FRXOGQ·W�VWD\�LQ�WKH�VWUHHWV�DV�WKHUH�ZDV�VKRRWLQJ�DQG�FKDRV�DOO�DURXQG�XV���$OO�RI�D�VXGGHQ�LW�GDZQHG�RQ�PH�WKDW�,�KDG�DQ�DXQW�LQ�-HUXVDOHP�DERXW�ILYH�PLOHV�IURP�ZKHUH�ZH�ZHUH���,�FRQYLQFHG�*HRUJH�WR�IROORZ�PH�DQG�ZH�KHOG�KDQGV�WRJHWKHU�DQG�VWDUWHG�ZDONLQJ�IDVW���1RZ�LW�ZDV�GDUN�DQG� WKH�SROLFH� DPEXODQFH� VLUHQV�ZHUH�ZDLOLQJ�DOO� RYHU� WRZQ�� �)LQDOO\�� SHUKDSV� DURXQG� �����S�P���,�UDQJ�P\�DXQW·V�GRRUEHOO�� �<RX�ZRXOG�QRW�EHOLHYH�WKH�VKRFN�RQ�P\�&RXVLQ�0DGHKD·V� IDFH�ZKHQ�VKH�VDZ�XV�0\�DXQW�KXJJHG�XV�DQG�WKH\�JDYH�XV�D�QLFH�ZDUP��FRPIRUWDEOH�URRP�ZLWK�WZR�QLFH�EHGV��IHG�XV��DQG�ORRNHG�DIWHU�XV�IRU�WZR�GD\V���7R�DGG�WR�WKH�SUREOHPV��WKH�SKRQHV�ZHUH�FXW�RII�DQG�ZH�FRXOGQ·W�SKRQH�WKH�VFKRRO�LQ�5DPDOODK���7KH\�KDG�WR�WHOO�RXU�SDUHQWV�WKDW�ZH�ZHUH�LQ�-HUXVDOHP�DQG�ZH�ZHUH�PLVVLQJ�² KHOO�EURNH�ORRVH���6RRQ�ZH�ZHUH�EDFN�LQ�VFKRRO�WHOOLQJ�'U��-RQHV��RXU�SULQFLSDO�ZKDW�KDSSHQHG���1R��ZH�ZHUH�QRW�SXQLVKHG�5HFDOO�D�VDG��IULJKWHQLQJ�RU�XQKDSS\�H[SHULHQFH�WKDW�\RX�KDG�DV�D�FKLOG���/HDYLQJ�-DIID�XQGHU�KHDY\�PRUWDU�ILUH�LQ������'LG�\RX�KDYH�D�´EHVW�IULHQGµ" :KDW�KDSSHQHG�WR�WKH�UHODWLRQVKLS�DV�\RX�JUHZ�XS"��:KHUH�LV�WKDW�SHUVRQ� QRZ"� � ,�KDG�PDQ\�EHVW� IULHQGV�� � 6RPH�SDVVHG�DZD\�DQG� VRPH�DUH� VFDWWHUHG�DOO� RYHU� WKH�ZRUOG���,�WROG�\RX�DERXW�*HRUJH�'DJKHU���,�ORVW�FRQWDFW�ZLWK�KLP�\HDUV�DJR�:KDW�ZDV�WKH�ILUVW�SUHVHQW�WKDW�\RX�UHPHPEHU�JLYLQJ�DQG�WR�ZKRP�GLG�\RX�JLYH�LW"��,W�ZDV�D�SUHVHQW�WR�P\�0RP���,�WKLQN�LW�ZDV�IRU�KHU�ELUWKGD\���,�ZDV�PD\EH�VL[�\HDUV�ROG�DQG�,�ZDONHG�LQWR�D�YHU\�IDQF\�VKRS�LQ�-DIID��SLFNHG�RXW�WKH�ODUJHVW�DQG�EHVW�ERWWOH�RI�)UHQFK�SHUIXPH��DQG�WROG�WKH�RZQHU�RI�WKH�VKRS�WR�SXW�LW�RQ�P\�'DG·V�DFFRXQW���+H�GLG��ZLWKRXW�D�TXHVWLRQ���0\�0RP�ZDV�SOHDVHG���1RZ�,�IHOW�OLNH�,�ZDV�D�ELJ�ER\�

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THE TEEN YEARS

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Cairo years were very hard and poor for me. I learned to live on pennies a day. In spite of the

fact that my brothers tried to help, they were also left with practically nothing but just a pair of pajamas

and what few “pounds” or dollars they carried in their pockets. My brothers had their families to look

after. We were caught unprepared militarily and financially. In Palestine, a tremendous amount of

money was left frozen in the banks. Much of the time we didn’t know who was where. Families

separated with whereabouts unknown. Some ended up in refugee camps.,Q������P\�IDWKHU�EHFDPH�YHU\�LOO���,�ZHQW�EDFN�WR�5DPDOODK�DQG�-HUXVDOHP�ZKHUH�VRPH�RI�P\�IDPLO\�KDG�IRXQG�KRXVLQJ�DQG�VKHOWHU�DQG�VKRUWO\�DIWHU�P\�UHWXUQ�P\�IDWKHU�GLHG�,�KDG�WKUHH�VLVWHUV�ZKR�ZHUH�VWLOO�QRW�PDUULHG���6LQFH�,�ZDV�WKH�RQO\�EURWKHU�ZKR�DOVR�ZDV�QRW�PDUULHG�DQG�KDG�QR�RQH�WR�ORRN�DIWHU�� LW�EHFDPH�P\�PRUDO�UHVSRQVLELOLW\�WR�ORRN�DIWHU�WKHVH�WKUHH�VLVWHUV��QDPHO\��6DOZD��=HQDE�DQG�/DLOD���6LQFH�,�VSRNH�(QJOLVK�,�IRXQG�D�MRE�LQ�-HULFKR�KHOSLQJ�D�YHU\�SURPLQHQW�3DOHVWLQLDQ�SROLWLFDO�ILJXUH��DQG�DFWLYLVW�DW�WKH�WLPH��E\�WKH�QDPH�RI�0XVD�$O�$ODPL���'XULQJ�WKH�\HDUV�RI�WKH�%ULWLVK�0DQGDWH�LQ�3DOHVWLQH��KH�ZDV�D�SURPLQHQW�ODZ\HU�LQ�-HUXVDOHP���+H�

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,Q�WKH�VSULQJ�RI������,�ZDV�RIIHUHG�D�MRE�DV�9LFH�3UHVLGHQW�RI�8QLYHUVDO�'HYHORSPHQW�&RUS���:H�KDG�RIILFHV�RQ�)LIWK�$YH��LQ�1HZ�<RUN�&LW\���%HFDXVH�RXU�FKLOGUHQ�ZHUH�DOO�VWLOO�LQ�VFKRRO��ZH�GHFLGHG�WR�OHDYH�P\�ZLIH��,QJULG��DQG�FKLOGUHQ�DW�KRPH�LQ�3DUN�)RUHVW��,/�XQWLO�VFKRRO�ZDV�RXW�,�OLYHG�LQ�D�KRWHO�LQ�1HZ�<RUN�DQG�FRPPXWHG�E\�SODQH�HYHU\�)ULGD\�HYHQLQJ���0\�ZLIH�DQG�NLGV�would pick me up at O’Hare Airport and we would spend the weekend together at home. Sunday

evenings I would fly back to New York. It was a grueling schedule. Shortly after, we won a project in

Kuwait and on August 14, 1975, we were all on our way to the Middle East. First stop was London,

then Paris, Rome and on to Cairo where we planned to stay for an interim period while trying to locate

housing. We spent a month in Cairo and fortunately found a condo overlooking the Gulf in Kuwait. We

lived in Kuwait for 2-1/2 years where my wife and children enjoyed learning about their heritage and

experiencing the cultural traditions, as well as meeting many of their cousins and family members.

You had three teenagers, which is a touchy age for kids. What was it like to transition to a new

country as a family? The oldest was 19 and it was hardest for her because she didn’t go to school. She

had finished high school and had one year of college in the U.S. So she was at “loose ends” for a while

until she got a job a couple of months later. At JKF in New York, the oldest was teary eyed, talking

about missing friends; I said, “Okay everybody. Look me in the eye. We go together and we come back

together. No problems over there. Anybody who wants to change his or her minds and stay here can but

you have to decide right now. So everybody goes together and everybody comes back together?” And

they said, “Yes”.

The children were at a perfect age for the experience. They got along well with each other and

they also got along well with their cousins and went to school with their cousins, which was perfect. The

cousins were very popular at school so they fit in easily and quickly. The Arab cousins would come to

the apartment. They wanted to enjoy the view of the sea, the ships and the marina. It was fun to see the

interaction between all of the cousins teaching Arabic to our children and learning new American slang.

Our kids were also picking up words and slang in Arabic. They were having such a good time. They

also made many new friends with kids from other countries and different parts of the United States.

They had a very cosmopolitan experience.

One day the children also brought home a pet. They were walking back from one of the pools at

the apartment. There were two pools– a fresh water and a salt water. And they also had the beach at the

gulf. They had so much fun. Got really tanned. They spent a lot of time in the water because sometimes

temperatures reached 120 degrees. One day they were coming back from the pool and a gorgeous,

gorgeous dog followed them to the apartment building, to the elevator, up to the apartment. “Whose dog

is that? Whose dog is that? We’ll keep it until someone claims it.” It turned out to be a Bijon Frieze.

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