Interview with ʻAlī Dāwūd Saʻīd مقابلة مع علي داوود سعيد

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū Ṭāhā, Nimir As‘ad (Village leader).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Wādī Khallit al-Ghazāl (Valley).

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Keywords: Animals; Arbitration; Caves; Disputes; Harvesting; Helpfulness; Horseback riding; Hyenas; Intervillage relations; Land ownership; Loved ones; Orchards; Pistols; Religious diversity; Rural life; Schools; Shepherds; Threshing floor; Trucks; Work songs

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Idlibī, Aḥmad (Governor); ‘Ashshām, Sa‘īd (Resistance fighter); ‘Ashshām, Aḥmad Muṣṭafá (Resistance fighter); al-Jūdī, Maḥmūd (Resistance fighter).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Wādī al-Shāghūr (Valley); Tall Akka (Hill); Bīr al-Layyāt (Water resource).

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Keywords: Akka Battle, 1948; Ambushes; Ammunition; Anti-Palestinian economic measures; Arab Salvation Army; Arrest; British Army; British-Jewish relations; Brutal treatment; Clothing and Dresses; Damaged weapons; Defense; Displacement; Disputes; Education; Farm animals; Food; Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949; Jewish immigrants; Killing; Military superiority; Penalties; Protests against occupation; Resistance movements; Rifles; Road blocks; Swimming; Threshing; Trenches; Weapon acquisition; Weapons confiscation; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Birwah Battle, 1948

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥāj, Ibrāhīm (Resistance fighter).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Agricultural machinery; Arab Salvation Army; Attacks; Boats; British; British-Jewish relations; Convoys; Displacement; Druzes; Elderly people; Evacuation orders; Executions; Explosions; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Fleas; Germany; Hiding; Israeli checkpoints; Jewish immigrants; Military orders; Military superiority; Pamphlets; Rain; Refugee experience; Resistance; Retreat; Shootings; Syria; Trains; Truces; Village liberation; Water resources; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Birwah Battle, 1948

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Agriculture; Arbitration; Caves; Emotions; Farm animals; Folk songs; Grooms; Landowners; Media; Mischief; Poets; Pregnancies; Schools; Swimming; Theft; Thieves; Water resources; Wedding celebration; Ḥinnah