Interview with ʻĪd Abū Huḍayb مقابلة مع عيد أبو هضيب

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood and socio-economic conditions during the British Mandate

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Anti-Palestinian economic measures; Baṣṣat al-Fāliq (Palestine); British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Camels; Celebrations; Childhood dreams; Currencies; Disputes; Education; Elementary education; Family structure; Farmers; Imprisonment; Jewish settlers; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Qurʼānic teaching; Schools; Socio-economic conditions; Taxes; Traditional medical procedures

00:19:37 - Socio-economic conditions and trade

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Keywords: Agricultural economics; Agricultural products; Baṣṣat al-Fāliq (Palestine); Camels; Intervillage relations; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Shepherds; Sūq; Tel Aviv (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Trade

00:24:44 - Social and cultural life at Baṣṣat al-Fāliq

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Aḥmad al-Rudaysī (Prisoner).

Families: Baydas; al-Jallād; al-Zubaydāt.

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Keywords: Anti-Palestinian economic measures; Arbitration; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Building practices; Dhabīḥah; Disputes; Dwellings; Economic aid; Economic hardship; Folk songs; Hospitality; Interreligious marriage; Jewish settlements; Land ownership; Land partition; Neighboring villages; Places of worship; Religious diversity; Social classes; Songs; Water resources; Weddings; Ṭūlkarm (Palestine)

00:47:40 - Socio-political life at Baṣṣat al-Fāliq under the British rule

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Keywords: Arab Revolt,1936-1939; Armed patrols; British authorities; British colonialism; British policy; Deception; Injuries; Intervillage relations; Jewish settlements; Land acquisition; Land ownership law; Land purchase; Land sale; Medical aid; Peasant workers; Revolutionaries; Rifles; Rural life; Settler colonialism; Shootings; Weddings

01:03:05 - Economic hardships and resistance

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882–1951; Arab Salvation Army; Baṣṣat al-Fāliq (Palestine); Deception; Disputes; Expulsion; Forced evacuation; Iraqi Army; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Revolutionaries; Rifles; Routes; Shootings; Skirmishes; Socio-economic conditions; State of Israel; Terrorism; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist occupation

01:23:06 - Expulsion and refugee experience

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Yūnus, Abū Qandīl (Martyr); Khalīl, Abū Qandīl (Martyr); Aḥmad Saʻīd (Reporter)

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882–1951; Arab Salvation Army; Arab countries; Baṣṣat al-Fāliq (Palestine); Deception; Economic hardship; Evacuation orders; Expulsion from Palestine; Humiliation; Iraqi Army; Jordan; Jordanian government; Military superiority; Murder; Passing on memories; Propaganda; Psychological warfare; Radio stations; Refugee experience; Routes; Socio-economic conditions; Terrorism; Weather; Zionist occupation

01:42:42 - Final reflections

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Keywords: Palestinian diaspora; Palestinian resistance; Pride; Right of return; Ṭūlkarm (Palestine)