Interview with Maḥmūd Muḥammad al-Amīn مقابلة مع محمود محمد الأمين

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Yūsuf, Ḥusayn (Mayor); al-Bunnī, Maḥmūd Aḥmad (Village leader); Ismā‘īl, Shiḥādah (Village leader); ‘Awaḍ, ‘Īsa (Village leader); al-Yūsuf, Ibrāhīm (Village leader); al-Kurdī, Maḥmūd ‘Alī (Village leader).

Families: ‘Abd al-Ghanī; ‘Awaḍ; al-Yūsuf; Ḥamādah; Ismā‘īl; al-Khaṭīb; al-Bunnī.

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Agricultural products; Arbitration; Birth certificates; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Courts; Currency convertibility; Dīwān; Family structure; Feudalism; Imprisonment; Income; Internal migration; Intervillage relations; Jewish settlements; Land ownership; Land sale; Mayors; Midwives; Neighborhoods; Population; Public lands; Qurʼānic teaching; Schools; Settler colonialism; Teachers; Theft; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Village leaders; Water resources; al-Mazraʻah (Palestine); al-Sumayrīyah (Palestine)

Partial Transcript: Families: al-Amīn.

Significant Figures: al-Amīn, Maḥmūd (Landowner); al-Amīn, Muḥammad (Landowner).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Madrasat Kafr Yāsīf (School).

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Arbitration; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British police forces; Condolences; Customs and traditions; Deception; Dispersion; Druzes; Economic conditions; Education; Employment; Family relations; Feudalism; Governors; Hunger; Identity cards; Kafr Yāsīf (Palestine); Kuwaykāt (Palestine); Land ownership; Land purchase; Lebanese; Marriage; Mayors; Municipalities; Official documents; Rural life; Social norms; Social relations; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Work; al-Ghābisīyah (Palestine); al-Sumayrīyah (Palestine); ʻAmqā (Palestine)

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Nimir, Muḥammad (Public officer).

Families: al-Sirḥān; Aṭāyā.

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Agricultural products; Anti-Palestinian economic measures; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arrest; Bees; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British policy; Courts; Dīwān; Exports; Feudalism; Governors; Hospitality; House raid; Jewish settlements; Land acquisition; Land policy; Land sale; Law; Leaders; Mayors; Official documents; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Punishment; Revolutionary leadership; Samuel, Herbert Louis Samuel, Viscount, 1870-1963; Settler colonialism; Shepherds; Social relations

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Murād, As‘ad (School principal).

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: British authorities; Dispersion; Disputes; Income; Mayors; Palestinian unity; Population; Refugee aid; Teachers; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Work; al-Sumayrīyah (Palestine)