Interview with ‘Abdullāh Mir‘ī Hambūz مقابلة مع عبدالله مرعي همبوز

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Community life in ʻArab al-Ṭūqīyah

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Keywords: Agricultural land lease; Agricultural products; British colonialism; British police forces; Children's games; Coexistence; Courts; Economic conditions; Education; Farm animals; Farmers; Fathers; Inheritance; Islamic education; Jewish settlements; Land ownership; Landowners; Priests; Public schools; Punishment; Religious diversity; Shaykhs; Skirmishes; Surveillance; Swimming; Women education; Work; al-Ṭūqīyah (Arab tribe)

00:12:55 - ʻArab al-Ṭūqīyah's community and customs

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Partial Transcript: Families: Jamāl; Kan‘ān; al-Khūrī; Fraywāt.

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Antiquities; Building practices; Christians; Churches; Clans; Dwellings; Maqām; Mosques; al-Baṣṣah (Palestine); al-Ṭūqīyah (Arab tribe)

00:17:28 - Marriage and familial customs

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Partial Transcript: Families: Jamāl

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arbitration; Border crossing; British colonialism; Christians; Compensation; Converts; Disputes; Imprisonment; Injuries; Interreligious marriage; Intervillage relations; Jewish settlements; Land acquisition; Land sale; Love; Marriage contracts; Martyrs; Murder; Muslims; Political activity; Religious traditions; Revolutionaries; Scouts; Settler colonialism; Skirmishes; Tribes; Village leaders; Weapon acquisition; Wedding customs

00:21:48 - Political events from 1936-1948

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ḥammād, Muḥammad (Martyr).

Families: Mamlūk; al-As‘ad; Sursuq; al-Bannā.

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Border crossing; British colonialism; British police forces; Compensation; Injuries; Jewish settlements; Land appropriation; Land sale; Martyrs; Political parties; Skirmishes; Tribes; Weapon acquisition

00:29:20 - Military occupation and political clashes

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Fraywāt, Mīkhā’īl (Resistance fighter); Kanʻān, Zakī (Resistance fighter); Kanʻān, Muḥammad Sa‘īd (Resistance fighter); al-Jamal, Rashīd (Resistance fighter); al-Jamāl, Fāyiz (Resistance fighter); al-Nābulsī, ‘Abd al-Ḥay (Resistance fighter).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; Armed resistance; Bedouins; British army camps; Dhabīḥah; Grenades; Guards; Injuries; Mayors; Military training; Nahāriyyā (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Palestinian-Jewish relations; Settler colonialism; Shootings; Skirmishes; Spring; Tribal customs; Victory; Weapon acquisition; Weapons; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Kābrī Battle, 1948; Ḥizb al-Najjādah

00:49:51 - War time and military occupation

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Fraywāt, Buṭrus (Village leader).

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Keywords: Battles; Chehab, Fuad, 1902-1973; City occupation; Deception; Dispersion; Expulsion from Palestine; Interreligious relations; Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949; Land expropriation; Lebanese army; Military superiority; News; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Plantations; Propaganda; Radio stations; Tyre (Prison: Lebanon); Water resources; Weapons confiscation; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948

01:01:34 - Exile and immigration

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Keywords: Ambushes; Arrest; Elderly people; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Homeland; Mayors; Shootings; Smuggling; Warfare; Zionist occupation

01:07:16 - Occupation, displacement and exile

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Keywords: Ambushes; Border cities and towns; Caves; Distress; Expulsion from Palestine; Farmers; Homeland; Hope; Land deeds; Mass murder; Mizrahi Jews; National identity; Naturalization refused; Nostalgia; Personal belongings; Refugee camps; Refugee experience; Return; Right of return; Settler colonialism; Smuggling; Socio-economic conditions; Village occupation; Weapons; Weapons confiscation