Interview with Ḥasan al-Ḥallūṭ مقابلة مع حسن الحلّوط

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:12 - Everyday life and society in al-Kābrī

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Partial Transcript: Families: Sirḥān.

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Jāmi‘ al-Zāwiyah (Mosque).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Karāj Shḥīm (Corporation).

Significant Figures: al-Hādī, Sayyid (Shaykh).

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Agricultural land lease; Agricultural machinery; Agricultural products; Bedouins; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Childhood; Children's games; Clothing and dresses; Dwellings; Farm animals; Hospitality; Intervillage relations; Land ownership; Means of transportation; Peasant workers; Population; Religious traditions; Social classes; Socio-economic conditions; Sufism; Wedding traditions; Women dressmakers; Work; al-Shādhilīyah (Islamic sect)

00:16:33 - Political turbulence, Palestinian resistance, and military attacks

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ṣafadῑ, Dῑb (Mayor); Ḥammād, Nimir (Martyr); al-Anas, Sulaymān (Martyr); al-Shaykh ʻῙsá, Maḥmūd (Martyr); al-’Awaḍ, Rabāḥ (Revolutionary leader); al-Naḥfāwῑ, Muḥammad (Martyr); Fandῑ, Mit‘ib (Martyr).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Ammunition; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; British colonialism; Clashes; Crimes against humanity; Druzes; Expulsion; Family relations; Guards; Haganah; Jaysh Abū Maḥmūd; Jewish settlements; Khirbat Jiddīn (Palestine); Nahariya (Palestine); Palestinian-Jewish relations; Socio-economic conditions; Terrorism; Unemployment; Village leaders; al-Hay’ah al-ʻArabīyah al-ʻUlyā; al-Kābrī (Palestine); al-Kābrī Battle, 1948; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975

00:35:06 - Zionist invasion and battles

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Yāsīn, Mifliḥ (Resistance leader); Muhyī al-Dīn Amar, Aḥmad (Martyr); Ḥannā, ‘Aṣfūr (Lawyer).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Bombings; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British officers; Expulsion from Palestine; Haifa (Palestine); Jaysh Abū Maḥmūd; Jewish settlements; Jordanian Army; Khirbat Jiddīn (Palestine); Land reclamation; Martyrdom; Military strategy; Military superiority; Murder; National guards; Palestinian resistance; Route choices; Shootings; Tarshīḥā (Palestine); Terrorism; Trans-Jordan Frontier Forces; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist colonization; Zionist occupation; al-Shajarah Battle, 1948

00:47:44 - Zionist occupation, resistance, and expulsion

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: Jāmi‘ al-Aqṣá (Mosque).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Jabal al-Jarmaq (Mountain); Jabal al-Shaykh (Mountain).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Akka (Palestine); Arab Salvation Army; Attempt at return; Battles; British-Jewish relations; Dayr al-Qāsī (Palestine); Deception; Druzes; Expulsion from Palestine; Family relations; Family reunification; Family structure; Jaysh Abū Maḥmūd; Jewish settlements; Martyrdom; Military superiority; Military training; Rifles; Routes; Settler colonialism; Shootings; Smuggling; Syrian Army; Trade; Village occupation; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Ṣaffūrīyah (Palestine)

01:09:20 - Refugee life and hardships

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Keywords: Compensation; Elderly people; Exile; Expulsion from Palestine; Generations; Humiliation; Lebanon; Mourning; Naturalization; Palestine; Passing on memories; Resettlement; Respect; Right of return; Smuggling; al-Baddāwī (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon)