Interview with ‘Alī ‘Umar Sha‘bān مقابلة مع علي عمر شعبان

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Education, employment and celebrations in Dayshūm

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Keywords: Algerians; Berbers; Brothers; Building practices; Childhood; Children's games; Dabkah; Dietary practices; Dwellings; Family structure; Languages; Marriage; Moroccans; Pre-Nakba life; Ramaḍān; Rural life; Shepherds; Social norms; Socio-economic conditions; Water resources; Women education; ʻĪd al-Fiṭr; ʻĪd celebrations

00:14:32 - Economic activity and social relations

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-Mīzārī.

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Algerians; Bedouins; Believers; Berbers; Building practices; Cities and towns; Clothing and dresses; Dairy products; Dietary practices; Farm animals; Farmers; Interpersonal relations; Intervillage relations; Land acquisition; Landowners; Means of transportation; Measurement units; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Safad (Palestine); Self-sufficiency; Shepherds; Socio-economic conditions; Trade; Traders

00:30:13 - British rule and Palestinian resistance

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Armed resistance; Battles; British Army; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British colonialism; British policy; Imprisonment; Independence; Military superiority; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Palestinian national identity; Revolutionaries; War crimes; Warfare; Weapon acquisition; al-Aṣbaḥ, ‘Abdullāh, 1910-1938; ʻĪd celebrations

00:43:48 - Wedding customs and ceremonies

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Keywords: Brides; Child mortality; Childbirth; Dabkah; Diseases; Dowry; Family structure; Grooms; Housing; Inheritance; Invitations; Marriage proposals; Married couples; Medical care; Pregnancy complications; Social norms; Traditional medical procedures; Wedding songs; Wedding traditions

00:55:42 - Community relations and everyday life

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Keywords: Agriculture; Arbitration; Blood money; Children; Circumcision; Disputes; Farming practices; Health conditions; Herbal remedies; Interreligious relations; Intervillage relations; Land expropriation; Mayors; Moroccans; Neighboring villages; Trade; Traditional medical procedures; Vaccination; Weapons

01:04:18 - Politics, society and and resistance

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Mīzārī, ’Abdul Raḥmān (Mayor); al-Mīzārī, Muḥammad (Mayor); Sha‘bān, ‘Umar (Disappeared person); Abū Widdū, Ṣāliḥ (Disappeared person); al-Ḥaddād, Sa‘īd (Disappeared person); Qāsim, Muḥammad (Disappeared person).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arbitration; Armed resistance; Border cities and towns; British authorities; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Disputes; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Haganah; Hope; Intervillage relations; Israeli occupation; Mays al-Jabal (Lebanon); Mothers; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Psychological warfare; Refugee experience; Revolutions; Right of return; United Nations; Weapon acquisition; Weapon trade

01:16:45 - Warfare and return to the homeland

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

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Keywords: Aggression; Bombardment; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British army camps; British police forces; Compensation; Curfew; Destruction; Emotions; Grenades; Home bombing; Mays al-Jabal (Lebanon); Means of transportation; Military operations; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Revolutionaries; Right of return; Suffering

01:31:35 - Military occupation and the expulsion to Lebanon

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Keywords: Border incidents; City occupation; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Destruction; Disappeared persons; Expulsion from Palestine; Fall; Forests; Haganah; Israeli colonization; Lebanon; Means of transportation; News; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Personal belongings; Propaganda; Psychological warfare; Return; Route choices; al-Ḥusaynīyah Massacre, 1948

01:40:25 - Exile and refugee life

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Keywords: Arab countries; Armed patrols; Border cities and towns; Brothers; Building practices; Conspiracy; Dispersion; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Families; Farm animals; Farmers; Generations; Hope; Imprisonment; Martyrdom; Mothers; National identity; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Personal belongings; Property destruction; Refugee experience; Resistance; Right of return; Route choices; Weapons; Zionist occupation