Interview with Aḥmad ‘Abd al-Qādir Ḥasan مقابلة مع أحمد عبد القادر حسن

Partial Transcript: Families: al-Dwāymah; al-‘Azāyzah; al-Ṭaḥbūsh; Abū Zarad; al-‘Awāṣī; al-Qannūn; Qudsīyah.

Significant Figures: al-Māḍī, Maḥmūd (Lawyer); al-Māḍī, Mu‘īn (Lawyer); al-Māḍī, Maḥmūd (Landowner).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: al-Bi'r al-Gharbī (Water resource).

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Agriculture; Childhood; Economic prosperity; Hospitality; Ijzim (Palestine); Landowners; Living conditions; Mosques; Neighboring villages; Olive trees; Orphans; Peasants; Shepherds; Water wells

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Māḍī, Maḥmūd (Landowner).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Wādī al-Nāqūrah (Valley); al-Bi'r al-Gharbī (Water resource).

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Building practices; Child labour; Children's games; Custody; Dwellings; Education; Farm animals; Farming practices; Fleas; Haifa (Palestine); Income; Inheritance; Living conditions; Orphans; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Schools; Suffering; Uncles; Water wells; Work

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Mūrād, ‘Abd al-Raḥīm (Shaykh); al-Nabhānī, Taqī al-Dīn (Shaykh); al-Khaṭīb, Nimir (Shaykh);
Naffā‘, Yūnus (Leader); Naffāʻ.

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Haifa Cigarettes Manufacture.

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Arrest; Boats; Bombings; British colonialism; Flags; Guards; Haifa (Palestine); Haifa Battle, 1948; Jamʻiyyat al-Iʻtiṣām; Jewish national home; Maliciousness; Marriage; Military superiority; Partition plan, 1947; Ports; Retreat; Skirmishes; State of Israel; Weapon acquisition; Weapon trade; Weapons confiscation; al-Jāmiʻah al-ʻArabīyah

Partial Transcript: Families: al-Kīlānī.

Significant Figures: al-Ṣīdāwī, ‘Abdū (Resistance leader); Māḍī, Aḥmad (Resistance leader).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Jāmi‘ al-Jazzār (Mosque).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Jibal al-Lawz (Mountain).

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Akka (Palestine); Arab countries; Boats; British-Jewish relations; Chehab, Fuad, 1902-1973; Churches; Deception; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Hadar (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Haifa (Palestine); Injuries; Jordanian Army; Leaders; Martyrs; Military training; Ports; Refugee aid; Retreat; Safad Battle, 1948; Seeking refuge; Snipers; Water wells; Weapons; Weapons confiscation; al-Jāmiʻah al-ʻArabīyah; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-975

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Māḍī, Maḥmūd (Resistance leader).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Jibāl al-Lawz (Mountain).

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Aerial bombing; Akka (Palestine); Ammunition; Arab Salvation Army; Arabic language; Chehab, Fuad, 1902-1973; Collaborationists; Cowardice; Defeat; Displacement; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Hebrew; Home bombing; Ijzim Battle, 1948; Iraqi Army; Israeli colonization; Jewish settlements; Kibbutzim; Martyrs; Military withdrawal; Palestinian diaspora; Property destruction; Reconstructed urban setting; Return; State of Israel; Synagogues; Torture; Traitors; Weapon trade; Weapons confiscation; al-Ghawārinah (Arab tribe)

Partial Transcript: Families: al-Zinātī; Sursuq.

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Jibāl al-Lawz (Mountain).

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Aleppo; Bakeries; Boats; Bombings; Child mortality; Childbirth; Coffeehouses; Expulsion; Gold; Haifa (Palestine); Israeli occupation; Jamʻiyyat al-Kaff al-Aswad; Land sale; Mental health; Neighbors; Palestinian diaspora; Palestinian resistance; Refugee aid; Refugee camp conditions; Refugee experience; Routes; Saida (Lebanon); Socio-economic conditions; Theft; Wives; Work; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975