Hassan Fawaz was interviewed in the Military Police Interview Room, UN Post 2-45, UNIFIL, South Lebanon on 7th March 2018 for the Military Archives Oral History Project. His interview is part of a series of interviews recorded in Lebanon in March 2018 to mark forty years of Irish service in the country with UNIFIL. Hassan Fawaz worked as an interpreter with Irish Battalions in Lebanon from 1981 to 2001, he continued working as an interpreter with UNIFIL until 2013.
Hassan Fawaz
Interviewed for MAOHP - 07/03/2018
Location(s): Tibnin
Length: 7.27
In this clip Hassan Fawaz speaks about how unusual it was to see European people in South Lebanon when UNIFIL arrived. He recalls the Irish and Norwegian camps in Tibnin. Hassan speaks about his life in Tibnin in 1981, living in a one room basement apartment and driving a minibus...
Hassan Fawaz
Interviewed for MAOHP - 07/03/2018
Location(s): Tibnin
Length: 3.29
In this clip Hassan refers to the arrival of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in Tibnin in 1992 for the first time since 1978. He speaks about the co-operation and working relationship between UNIFIL and the LAF.
Hassan Fawaz
Interviewed for MAOHP - 07/03/2018
Location(s): Tibnin
Length: 1.00
In this clip Hassan speaks about Operation Grapes of Wrath in 1996. He refers to contacts between the Irish in UNIFIL, the Lebanese Armed Forces (through Captain Said Serhan, LAF Intelligence Officer in Tibnin) and Hezbollah during the Operation to allow Irish troops to move around to rescue people from...
Hassan Fawaz
Interviewed for MAOHP - 07/03/2018
Location(s): Ireland
Length: 2.22
In this clip Hassan attributes the relationship between the Irish and Lebanese to the history of Irish soldiers and Lebanese people living together and to similarities between Irish and Lebanese lifestyles. He speaks about his experiences during a visit to Ireland and he refers to the fact that his own...
Hassan Fawaz
Interviewed for MAOHP - 07/03/2018
Location(s): Ireland
Length: 2.36
In this clip Hassan speaks about visiting President Mary McAleese at Áras an Uachtaráin while he was in Ireland, stating that he had worked as President Mary McAleese's interpreter for three days when she visited Lebanon. While in Ireland he also met with the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, the Chief of...
Hassan Fawaz
Interviewed for MAOHP - 07/03/2018
Location(s): At Tiri
Length: 2.54
In this clip Hassan speaks about a visit by the then Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Conor O'Boyle and President Michael D. Higgins to Lebanon where they attended a medal parade for the Irish Battalion in UN Post 2-45 [April 2015]. Hassan's son, Ali, translated the President's speech and afterwards...
