Interview with Muḥammad Shiḥādah ‘Abd al-‘Azīz and Ibrāhīm Shiḥādah ‘Abd al-‘Azīz مقابلة مع محمد شحادة عبد العزيز وإبراهيم شحادة عبد العزيز

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood, education and family history

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Public Institutions: Dā'irat al-Awqāf al-Islāmīyah (Governmental institutions).

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Keywords: Anti-Palestinian economic measures; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British army camps; Dwellings; Education; Egypt; Family structure; Income; Islamic courts; Jewish settlements; Judges; Landowners; Mosques; Muftis (Muslim officials); Neighboring villages; Origins; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Police stations; Public schools; Qurʼānic teaching; Religious diversity; Rural life; Saudi Arabia; Shaykhs; Socio-economic conditions; Students; Taxes; Waqf; al-Sumayrīyah (Palestine); ʻAmqā (Palestine)

00:15:21 - Society and conflict

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures:Kaʻbūsh, Ṣāliḥ (Martyr).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882–1951; Agricultural products; Arab Salvation Army; Bombardment; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Checkpoints; Damaged Weapons; Demolition; Displacement; Egypt; Fathers; Germans; Haganah; Jewish neighbors; Landowners; Mass murder; Nahāriyyā (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Orchards; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Resistance movements; Skirmishes; Socio-economic conditions; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Sumayrīyah Battle, 1948; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975

00:27:41 - Socio-economic dynamics in ʻAmqā during the Ottoman rule

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Keywords: Agricultural products; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Currencies; Divorce; Marriage; Military service; Money; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Prisoners; Shaykhs; Trade; Water wells; al-Sumayrīyah (Palestine); ʻAmqā (Palestine)

00:41:56 - Political activity under the British Mandate of Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ‘Abd al-Ghanī, Ḥamādah (Mayor); Abū Dāwūd, Ḥannā (Butcher).

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Keywords: Animal slaughter; Arrest; Border crossing; British Government; Checkpoints; Coexistence; Discrimination practices; Economic hardship; Governors; Haganah; Interreligious relations; Jewish neighbors; Jewish settlements; Lebanon; Machination; Mayors; Maʻrūf Saʻd, 1910-1975; Means of transportation; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian national identity; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Skirmishes; Social relations; Stern; Theft; Water resources; Weapon acquisition

00:59:13 - Immigration and exile from al-Sumayrīyah

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ṣaffūrī, Abū Maḥmūd (Resistance leader); al-ʻAwaḍ, Rabāḥ (Resistance leader).

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

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882–1951; Arab Salvation Army; Attacks; British officers; Collaborationists; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Dispersion; Displacement; Economic prosperity; Expulsion from Palestine; Homeland; Ibrāhīm, Nūḥ, 1913-1938; Lebanon; Najmat al-Ṣubuḥ (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Personal belongings; Resistance movements; Return; Right of return; Routes; Tanks; al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964