Interview with Muḥammad Qāsim Dahshah مقابلة مع محمد قاسم دهشة

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Employment and everyday life

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Saʻīd, Sulaymān (Policeman).

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Keywords: Arab countries; Arbitration; British colonialism; British-Jewish relations; Disputes; Education; Employment; Gaza (Palestine); Haifa (Palestine); Jewish national home; Muḥammad, Prophet, 571-633; Officers; Palestinian resistance; Police; Police investigations; Schools; Socio-economic conditions; Ḥadīth

00:15:54 - The village of Ṭayṭabā

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Nīsān, Salīm (Trader).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Mazār (Maqām); al-Rifā’īyah (Maqām).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Ashkenazi Jews; Dwellings; Economic prosperity; Jewish immigrants; Jewish settlements; Land appropriation; Landowners; Loans; Neighboring villages; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Religious belief; Rifāʻīyah (Islamic sect); Social relations; Socio-economic conditions; Textiles

00:26:10 - Socio-economic dynamics in Gaza

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Keywords: Arabic patriotic poetry; Balfour Declaration, 1917; Dietary practices; Economic prosperity; Fire; Gaza (Palestine); Horseback riding; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Poets; Police; Settler colonialism; Water resources; Weaving; Wedding celebration

00:34:06 - Political turmoil and revolutionaries during the British rule

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; Arab countries; Armored vehicles; Battles; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British police forces; British-Jewish relations; Cities and towns; Jewish gangs; Military superiority; Military training; Military withdrawal; Psychological warfare; Revolutionaries; Rifles; Rulers; Social relations; State of Israel; United States; Zionism; ʻAyn al-Zaytūn Massacre, Palestine, 1948

00:48:25 - Zionist invasion and Palestinian expulsion

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Attacks; British officers; British police forces; British-Jewish relations; Checkpoints; Convoys; Despair; Homeland; Lebanon; Means of transportation; Military withdrawal; Palestinian national identity; Personal belongings; Police stations; Refugee experience; Right of return; Route choices; Zionist occupation