Artifacts from Palestine: Preserving the Berouti Family’s History
Professional correspondence sent by George Emile Berouti, Barrister-at-Law, Jaffa, 1944.
Telephone Directory Cover Page, Jaffa-Tel Aviv, 1946.
A page from the Jaffa telephone directory of 1946. George E Berouti and other Beroutis are listed.
Immigration card, issued a year after the Nakba by the Brazilian consulate in Beirut on May 23, 1949, to Victor Negib Berouti.
Victor Negib Berouti arrives in Brazil as an immigrant on July 18, 1949.
ID card, Robert Berouti, Jaffa, 1947.
Travel document for Palestinian refugees, issued by the Syrian Republic after the Nakba.
Travel document for Palestinian refugees residing in Syria. This document belonged to my grandfather Nicolas Berouti.
A check signed in 1912 by Michel Berouti. It is great to see my great grandfather's signature.
Export Transaction, Alexandre Berouti, Jaffa 1942
Certificate of 10 shares in the National Agricultural Company Ltd, Jaffa, Palestine, 1925. The certificate owner was François E. Gelat. We can see Emile Nicolas Berouti's signature in both English and Arabic. He signed as the Director of the National Agricultural Company. You can read more about this company in the "Discoveries" section.
Mortgage transaction, Victorine Berouti (née Zamaria), Jaffa 1947.
Elias Debbas' (Gloria Gelat's husband) birth certificate from the Government of Palestine, 1931.
Business postal card written in French on October 27, 1897 by Michel Berouti (and potentially by Gabriel Berouti, as the second signature appears to be made of a lowercase g + Berouti). It was sent from Jaffa to Antwerp.
Driver's license cover, Government of Palestine
Driver's license, Michel Nicolas Berouti, Jaffa, 1947.
Pages from Michel Berouti's driver license.
Yvette Gelat's passport front cover - Mandatory Palestine
Yvette Gelat's passport - Mandatory Palestine
Yvette Gelat's passport - Mandatory Palestine
Yvette Gelat's passport - Mandatory Palestine - issued in Jerusalem, October 1945.
Michel Berouti's passport front cover - Mandatory Palestine.
Michel Berouti's passport - Mandatory Palestine.
Michel Berouti's passport - Mandatory Palestine - issued in Jerusalem, February 1944.
"Passport - Government of Palestine", in Arabic and Hebrew. Back cover of Michel Berouti's Mandatory Palestine passport.
Michel Berouti's Palestine passport cover, issued in Gaza, November 1954.
Michel Berouti's Palestine Passport, issued in Gaza in November 1954.
"All-Palestine Government". Michel Berouti's Palestine passport, issued in Gaza, November 1954.
Michel Berouti's report card from École des frères, 1945.
Income Tax Document, Victor Negib Berouti, Jaffa 1944. Source: Howiyya.com
Shares in the Palestine National Stores, LTD, belonging to Victorine Berouti, 1943.
École des frères, lists of the 5 highest scoring students per language in each grade, academic year 1935-1936. R. Bérouti is listed. It is possibly Robert Berouti, who would have been 6 years old at the time.
Elias Debbas' Palestinian Passport
Boulos Debbas - Certificate of Land Registration, Government of Palestine, 1945.
