Interview with Ḥalīmah Ṣāliḥ Abū al-Khayr and Maḥmūd Khalīl al-Shaykh Aḥmad مقابلة مع حليمة أبو الخير ومحمود خليل الشيخ أحمد

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:09 - Cultural and rural life in al-Sumayrīyah

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Keywords: Agricultural economics; Agricultural products; Akka (Palestine); British Mandate, 1922-1948; Childhood; Children; Children's games; Cities and towns; Communal celebrations; Customs and traditions; Dietary practices; Family structure; Farmers; Farming practices; Girls; Handicrafts; Jewish settlements; Land ownership; Means of transportation; Neighboring villages; Prayers for rain; Professions; Religious education; Sūq; Trade; Water resources; Women education; ʻĪd celebrations

00:17:37 - Cultural and social life in al-Sumayrīyah

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-Amīn; Ḥamādah; Daʻbis.

Significant Figures: al-Amīn, Maḥmūd (Mayor); Yūsuf, Ḥusayn (Mayor).

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Keywords: Arab tribes; Arbitration; Bedouins; Building practices; Building stones; Celebrations; Child mortality; Childbirth; Circumcision; Condolences; Dietary practices; Dowry; Dwellings; Entertainment; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Herbal remedies; Hospitality; Intervillage relations; Jafrā; Marriage; Medical aid; Poets; Radio stations; Shaykhs; Social classes; Social relations; Songs; Traditional medical procedures; Village leaders; Wedding traditions; Zaffah; al-Barānkī (Nawar); al-Sumayrīyah (Palestine); ʻĪd al-Mawlid al-Nabawī; Ḥinnah

00:43:37 - Zionist occupation, military attacks and Palestinian resistance

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Sulif, Muḥammad (Resistance fighter).

Families: Twaynī.

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; Arrest; Atrocities of war; Balfour Declaration, 1917; Bombardment; British authorities; British colonialism; Collaborationists; Damaged weapons; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Displacement; Expulsion; Hostile acts; House raid; Land sale; Mayors; Murder; Nahariya (Palestine); Palestinian-Jewish relations; Refugee experience; Relief requests; Resistance; Revolutionary songs; Right of return; Rishpon (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Routes; Shootings; Skirmishes; Terrorism; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Sumayrīyah (Palestine)

00:55:24 - Continued warfare, violence and displacement

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Khaṭib, Muṣṭafá (Martyr).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Atrocities of war; Damaged weapons; Displacement; Distress; Expulsion; Hardship; Homeland; Murder; Refugee experience; Regret; Relief requests; Resistance; Right of return; Routes; Saida (Lebanon); Seeking refuge; Shootings; Terrorism; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948

01:06:09 - Resistance efforts and eventual exile

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

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Ammunition; Arab Revot, 1936-1939; Armed patrols; Battles; British colonialism; British-Jewish relations; Capital punishment; Children in armed conflicts; Damaged weapons; Deception; Displacement; Expulsion; Haganah; Home demolition; Injuries; Military orders; Mourning; Nahariya (Palestine); Relief requests; Revolutionaries; Routes; Shootings; Stern; Syria; Tarshīḥā (Palestine); Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Sumayrīyah Battle, 1948