Interview with ‘Abd Ḥusayn Khalīl مقابلة مع عبد حسين خليل

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood and family life in Shaykh Dāwūd

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Rāghib, Ibrāhīm (Teacher).

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Keywords: Aggression; Animal slaughter; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Childhood dreams; Children's games; Dwellings; Education; Farmers; Hunting; Pre-Nakba life; Qurʼānic teaching; Schools; Shaykhs; Siblings; Socio-economic conditions; State of Israel; Students; Women education

00:09:17 - Employment with the British Army

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Yāsīn, Mifliḥ (Trans-Jordan Frontier Forces soldier); al-Jālūdī, Muḥammad (Trans-Jordan Frontier Forces soldier); Abū Khabīṭah (Trans-Jordan Frontier Forces soldier).

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Keywords: British Army; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British officers; British-Jewish relations; Cinemas; Cultivation; Farmers; Fathers; Governors; Hardship; Income; Jewish immigration; Jewish settlements; Land expropriation; Military training; Police; Public lands; Terrorism; Trans-Jordan Frontier Forces; Weapons

00:19:18 - Agriculture, society and ceremonial customs in Shaykh Dāwūd

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Shaykh Dannūn (Maqām); al-Shaykh Dāwūd ( Maqām).

Families: Ḥammūd; Fahd.

Significant Figures: Rāghib, Ibrāhīm (Shaykh).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Mustashfá Ḥamzah (Hospital).

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Agricultural products; Akka (Palestine); Arranged marriage; British colonialism; Childbirth; Collaborationists; Cultivation; Dalʻūnā; Farm animals; Farmers; Germans; Hospitality; Intervillage relations; Jafrā; Kafr Yāsīf (Palestine); Land appropriation; Landowners; Love stories; Means of transportation; Medical care; Mosques; Muslims; Nadbīyah; Olive trees; Population; Religious belief; Revolutionaries; Rifāʻīyah (Islamic sect); Self-sufficiency; Social classes; Social norms; Socio-economic conditions; Sūq; Trade; Urban planning; Water resources; Wedding traditions; Work songs; Zionist colonization; al-Ghābisīyah (Palestine); Ṣandūq al-Furjah

00:39:24 - Colonialism, military occupation and resistance

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ḥassūn, Kamāl (Revolutionary); Kāyid, Maḥmūd (Resistance fighter).

Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Hisbat Ḥaifa (Marqet); Ql‘at Jiddīn (Fortress).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882–1951; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; Armored vehicles; Attack; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British-Jewish relations; Bullets; Defense; Displacement; Executions; Hatred; Interrogations; Irgun; Jewish immigrants; Jewish settlements; Land expropriation; Military officials; Military training; Mines; Museums; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Protests against settlements; Public lands; Rifles; Road blocks; Stern; Terrorism; Trans-Jordan Frontier Forces; Village occupation; Village siege; Weapons; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist colonization; al-Jāmiʻah al-ʻArabīyah; al-Kābrī Battle, 1948

00:54:59 - Revolutionaries and resistance during the Zionist invasion, 1948

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Mahdī, Muḥammad (Resistance leader); Ṭurfah, Rashīd (Resistance fighter); Ibrāhīm, Maḥmūd (Resistance fighter).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Arab countries; Bombardment; British-Jewish relations; Burial; Crimes against humanity; Crimes against individuals; Despair; Dispersion; Displacement; Disputes; Expulsion from Palestine; Generations; Home demolition; Homeland; Hunger; Jewish settlements; Martyrs; Massacres; Military training; Mines; Naturalization refusal; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Personal belongings; Property destruction; Refugee aid; Refugee camp conditions; Remapping national territories; Return; Suffering; Tarshīḥā Battle, 1948; Terrorism; United Nations; Village occupation; Weapons; al-Kābrī Battle, 1948