Interview with ‘Īsá Muḥammad Mūsá مقابلة مع عيسى محمد موسى

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Everyday life and customs in Fārah

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-As‘ad; al-Ḥāj; Ḥamad; Marmar; al-Ḥusayn.

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Keywords: Agricultural land lease; Building practices; Childhood dreams; Children's games; Cost of living; Crops; Currency convertibility; Dwellings; Education; Farmers; Harvesting; Landowners; Means of transportation; Neighboring villages; Poets; Pre-Nakba life; Qurʼān recitations; Qurʼānic teaching; Rural life; Shaykhs; Socio-economic conditions; Students; Trade; Wedding celebration

00:14:09 - Rites, celebrations and community relations in Fārah

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Yūsuf, Nāyif (Mayor).

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Keywords: Arbitration; Circumcision; Cooking; Dabkah; Death; Disputes; Dwellings; Economic measures; Engagement; Health conditions; Marriage; Marriage proposals; Mayors; Medical care; Traditional medical procedures; Wedding celebration; Wedding songs; ʻĪd celebrations

00:28:54 - Resistance, revolutionaries and occupation

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arbitration; Armed forces; Balfour Declaration, 1917; British colonialism; Capital punishment; Dalʻūnā; Death; Disputes; Imprisonment; Massacres; Political activity; Revolutionary songs; Weapon acquisition

00:42:06 - Zionist occupation, settlements and clashes

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Bazzī, ‘Alī (Resistance).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Attack; British army camps; British policy; Exile; Injuries; Jewish settlements; Jordanian Army; Martyrs; Mines; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Retreat; Revolutionaries; Shootings; Snipers; Theft; Treason; Trenches; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Harrāwī Battle, 1948; al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964

00:51:40 - Warfare, violent clashes and immigration

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Arab Salvation Army; Arab countries; Defense; Expulsion from Palestine; Harvesting time; Israeli checkpoints; Jewish settlements; Moroccans; Newspapers; Official documents; Psychological warfare; Return; Revolutionary leadership; Rifles; Social relations; State of Israel; Suffering; Summer; Survival; Treason; Weapon acquisition; Weapon smuggling; al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890-1977; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975; al-Ṣafṣāf Massacre, 1948; Ṣalḥah Massacre, 1948

01:04:54 - Refugee experience and the right of return

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Keywords: Attempt at return; Bombardment; Expulsion from Palestine; Generations; Hardship; Homeland; Hope; Humiliation; Identity cards; Lebanon; Martyrs; Moroccans; Nation; Naturalization refusal; Nostalgia; Palestinian national identity; Refugee aid; Refugee camp conditions; Refugee experience; Right of return; Suffering; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist propaganda; Ṣalḥah Massacre, 1948