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Illustrations
I
Family and Jerusalem
. Family cemetery at Mount Zion, regularly vandalized and desecrated.
. The sign reading Al-Dajani Muslim Cemetery at the entrance is regularly removed only to be re-installed by family members.
. Family photo, Jerusalem. Each year the tradition was to take a photograph of the family members in front of the old gate leading to Mount Zion. Photo taken in 1936 showing the authors grandfather Shukri Al-Dajani seated in the centre of the first row, in the light suit.
. The family home in Al-Bakaa Al-Fuka, Jerusalem, prior to the diaspora in 1948.
. The family home transformed into a multi-storey building draped by Israeli slogans and occupied by Jewish migrants.
. The authors granduncle Aref Pasha Al-Dajani (seated first from right) with the Governor-General, his senior staff and their wives. Standing first from right is Uncle Hassan and third from right is Uncle Daoud.
. The author with his parents as an infant in Jerusalem.
Three Generations after the Diaspora
. The large family of three generations (photo taken in 2006). The author and his wife Tina with their children and grandchildren. Sons-in-law Saad Azhari and Talal Beydoun are seated at either end.
. The authors four children, joy and pride of his life. From left: Shireen, Karima and Aida. Zaki is seated in the centre.
Victoria College and Old Victorians
. General view of Victoria College from the west. The building in the foreground is the one that housed the dormitories of Ryder House on the second and third floors.
. The author receiving the sports cup on behalf of Ryder House in 1951.
. The author with friend and classmate Mahmoud Baroudi, who won the Victor Ludorum.
. In anticipation of a relaxed weekend, the author posing on the bonnet of Ghazi Shakers luxury car with Essawi Khader in front of the schools main gate.
. The author and family with HM King Hussein at the Old Victorians reunion in Amman in 1980. His Majestys handwritten autograph reads To my brother Shukri Al-Dajani, with love and best wishes.
. Reunion in Geneva in 1989 on the occasion of the engagement of the authors daughter Karima. From left: the author, Prince Zeid and Ghazi Shaker. Their close friendship has lasted for more than six decades.
II
Wales and Journalism
. The series of three feature articles entitled I was a Refugee published by the Western Mail had considerable impact on its readers.
. Guests of Irene the Dowager Countess of Plymouth at her mansion in St Fagans. Third from right is the author, followed by Elma Cole, Lady Rosula Windsor-Clive and the Dowager Countess Irene.
. Receiving a post-graduate diploma at the Welsh College of Advanced Technology in Cardiff, South Wales in 1961.
. Autographs of Selwyn Lloyd, Hugh Gaitskell, Russian Ambassador J.A. Malik and other dignitaries attending the Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner in London, 1959.
Tanganyika
. Foreign Minister Oscar Kambona visiting the construction site of the Mwananchi project while the author briefs the contractor.
. The author briefing President Julius Nyerere on the Mwananchi project during his visit to the site. Editor James Markham is in the centre.
. The authors press card as News Editor with The Nationalist newspaper.
. Members of the local and international press corps pictured with President Nyerere and Vice-President Rashidi Kawawa after the first parliamentary session following independence. The author is first from the right (kneeling) and Neil Conway is fifth from the right, same row. George Rockey is first from the left (standing).
III
Early ILO
. The author with Aziz Al-Maraghi, Director of the ILO Office in Cairo.
. Director-General of the ILO Francis Blanchard, Dr Saleh Burgan and the author at a vocational training centre in Riyadh during an official visit to Saudi Arabia.
. Blanchard in a private jet heading to ARAMCO Oil Company with Under-Secretary of Labour Sheikh Mohamed Al-Fayez, Saleh Burgan and the author.
. Francis Blanchard and the author meeting with Iraqi Minister of Labour Bakar Rasoul in Baghdad, 1978. Rasoul was instrumental in a US$1 million contribution from Iraq to the ILO to introduce Arabic as an official language.
. The author with the Secretary-General of the International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions (ICATU), Hassan Jamam. A working relationship that sparked new dynamics between ICATU and the Gulf States.
. Blanchard with Syrian Minister of Labour Yusif Jedani during his tour of West Asian countries in 1979, with the author in the centre. Syria was a key player within the Arab group at the ILO.
. Meeting between Blanchard, the author and HRH Prince Hassan in Amman in 1977. Settlements will become a major problem.
. Photograph given to the author by Yvette Verchre, special assistant to Blanchard, showing the Director-General with the author at the Asian Regional Conference in Jakarta in 1993. You two have so much in common.
With Dignitaries and Heads of State
. Meeting with Secretary-General of the United Nations Javier Prez de Cullar in Tunis, 1980.
. The author being received by President Amine Gemayel of Lebanon at the Baabda Presidential Palace.
. The author during one of his regular meetings with Chairman Yasser Arafat to discuss the ILO technical assistance programme for the Palestinians.
. The author greeting HRH Prince Talal Bin Abdel Aziz Al-Saud at the ILO headquarters in Geneva for high-level discussions on cooperation between the ILO and AGFUND.
. Audience with President Suharto of Indonesia in 1993.
. An autographed photo presented to the author by HRH Princess Basma of Jordan in acknowledgement of the assistance the ILO provided to her non-governmental organization.
. The author with Director-General Hansenne, being received by Deputy Prime Minister of Oman Fahd bin Mahmoud Al-Said during their official visit to the Sultanate in 1995.
