Interview with Khalīl Muḥammad Suwaydān مقابلة مع خليل محمد سويدان

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻIzz al-Dīn, Muḥammad (School principal).

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Keywords: British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British colonialism; British-Jewish relations; Childhood; Children's games; Clans; Discriminatory measures; Disputes; Dowry; Education; Expulsion from Palestine; Intervillage relations; Jewish immigrants; Jewish settlements; Leaders; Marriage proposals; Military superiority; Mischief; Palestinian diaspora; Public schools; Qurʼānic teaching; Return; Shaykhs; Siblings; Social norms; Students; Teachers; Wedding traditions; Women education

Partial Transcript: Families: Francis; Salām; Sursuq.

Significant Figures: al-Ḥusayn, Kāmil (Village leader).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Nahr al-Urdun (River).

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Keywords: Agricultural calendars; Agricultural land lease; Agricultural machinery; Agricultural products; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Cultivation; Damaged Weapons; Farmers; Injustice; Intervillage relations; Jamʻiyyat al-Kaff al-Aswad; Land brokers; Land sale; Landowners; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Public lands; Social classes; Trade; Treason; Work songs; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975

Partial Transcript: Families: Suwaydān; al-Ḥusayn; Ṣāliḥ; Shatlah; Suhayl.

Significant Figures: al-Ḥusayn, Kāmil (Village leader); Suwaydān, Aḥmad Ṣāliḥ (Village leader).

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Keywords: Arab countries; Building practices; Building stones; Cultivation; Dwellings; Gold; Intervillage relations; Jerusalem (Palestine); Jewish immigration; Land; Landowners; Lawyers; Money; Mosques; Muḥammad, Prophet, 571-633; Permits; Solidarity; Sūq; Theft; Ummah (Islam); Village leaders

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Collaborationists; House burning; Jamʻiyyat al-Jihād Muqaddas; Marriage proposals; Medical care; Military training; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Poets; Porters; Revolutionaries; Salāmah, ʻAlī Ḥasan, 1940-1979; Singing; Tanks; Vandalism; Weapon acquisition; Wedding customs; a-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975; al-Aṣbaḥ, ‘Abdullāh, 1910-1938; al-Qasṭal Battle, 1948; Ḥusaynī, ʻAbd al-Qādir Mūsá, 1908-1948

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures:al-Maḥmūd, Hmayyid (Wounded).

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Keywords: Ammunition; Battles; British Army; Colonialism; Conflicts; Crimes against humanity; Damaged weapons; Defense; Electricity; French Mandate of Syria and Lebanon, 1923-1943; Gender role; Guards; Jewish settlements; Military training; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Pistols; Rifles; Road blocks; Settler colonialism; Theft; Vehicles; Weapon acquisition

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Yamanī, Aḥmad (Leader).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Arab nationalism; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Disputes; Guards; Injuries; Palestinian diaspora; Palestinian national identity; Palestinian resistance movements; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Refugee camps; al-Hayʼah al-ʻArabīyah al-ʻUlyā; al-Mālikīyah Battle, 1948; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975; Ḥizb al-Najjādah

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū Dayyā, Ibrāhīm (Resistance leader); al-‘Abdullāh, ‘Umar (Resistance leader).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Arabs; City occupation; Convoys; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Homeland; Jamʻiyyat al-Jihād Muqaddas; Lebanon; Massacres; Road blocks; Treason; Weapons; Zionist occupation; al-Mālikīyah Battle, 1948; al-Nabī Yusha' Battle, 1948; al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890-1977; al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964; al-Ḥūlah Massacre, Lebanon, 1948; Ḥusaynī, ʻAbd al-Qādir Mūsá, 1908-1948

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Aerial bombing; Arab countries; Battles; Conspiracy; Damaged Weapons; Expulsion from Palestine; Fārūq of Egypt, 1920-1965; Gramophones; Lebanon; Military orders; Military superiority; Military withdrawal; Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 1918-1970; News; Psychological warfare; Radio stations; Resistance; Sadat, Anwar, 1918-1981; Syrian Army; Treason; Yugoslavs; al-Qasṭal Battle, 1948

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥusayn, Kāmil (Leader).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Arab Salvation Army; Burial; Courts; Crimes against humanity; Damaged weapons; Deception; Disguise; Forced evacuation; Fārūq of Egypt, 1920-1965; Hostages; Injustice; Lebanon; Martyrs; Military operations; Military superiority; Palestinian resistance; Route choices; al-Qasṭal Battle, 1948

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Keywords: Arab countries; Burial; Discrimination; Distress; Dwellings; Expulsion from Palestine; Graveyards; Homeland; Israeli Army (IDF); Lebanon; Martyrs; Nakba; Nationalism; Naturalization refusal; Nostalgia; Palestinian national identity; Personal belongings; Refugee camps; Refugee experience; Reputation; Resistance; Right of return; Survival; Trains; Ummah; Zionist occupation