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00:00:00 - Childhood and cultural life in Akka

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū al-Ḥudá, ‘Alī (School principal); al-Dāyah, Muḥammad (Teacher).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: al-Madrasah al-Waṭanīyah (School).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: al-Madrasah al-Aḥmadīyah (School).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Jāmi‘ al-Jazzār (Mosque); al-Nabī Ṣāliḥ (Maqām).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); British colonization; Childhood; Children's games; Christian holidays; Clothing and dresses; Coexistence; Communal celebrations; Customs and traditions; Education; Festivals; Gardens; Interreligious relations; Neighborhoods; Schools; Social norms; Social relations; Swings of ʻĪd; Trains; Weddings; Women; ʻĪd celebrations

00:12:35 - History and cultural life in Pre-Nakba Akka

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: Jāmi‘ al-Jazzār (Mosque); Jāmi‘ al-Raml (Mosque); Jāmi‘ al-Mīnā’ (Mosque).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: al-Kābrī (Water resource).

Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Qahwat al-Jaramān (Coffeehouse); Qahwat al-Ṭaḥīn (Coffeehouse).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Jam‘īyat al-Ṭaqm al-Ḥadīd (Association).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Akka (Prison: Palestine); Battles; Charity; Children; Communal celebrations; Fathers; Graveyards; Historic buildings; House raid; Markets; Medical care; Military service; Neighborhoods; Ottoman Army; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Religious belief; Social relations; Vandalism; Victory; Water supplies; Water wells; al-Shādhilīyah (Islamic sect); ʻĪd al-Mawlid al-Nabawī

00:29:19 - Work in the shoe industry in Akka

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Lebanese; Shoe industry; Socio-economic conditions; Trade; Work

00:34:21 - Political conditions during the Arab revolt, 1936-1939

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-‘Awaḍ, Rabāḥ (Revolutionary leader).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab countries; Arabic patriotic poetry; Battles; British colonialism; British-Jewish relations; Capital punishment; Discrimination practices; Funerals; Ḥijāzī, Fuʼād Ḥasan, 1904-1930; Jamjūm, Muḥammad Khalīl, 1902-1930; Protests; Revolutionaries; Strikes

00:42:19 - Betrayal, collaboration and expulsion from Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks - Lakes, River: Jabal al-Layāth (Mountain).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Akka (Palestine); Arab Salvation Army; Arab countries; Balfour Declaration, 1917; Betrayal; Bint Jubayl (Lebanon); Collaboration; Communal celebrations; Conspiracy; Expulsion from Palestine; Glubb, John Bagot, Sir, 1897-1986; Homeland; Israeli colonization; Lies; Permits; Personal belongings; Religious tradition; Seeking refuge; Theft; Weapon smuggling; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist occupation; ʻĪd al-Mawlid al-Nabawī; Ḥāmiyat Shaʻb