Interview with Kalthūm Ḥasan Ghannām مقابلة مع كلثوم حسن غنّام

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:18 - Rural life in al-Ṭīrah and land appropriation

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882–1951; Agricultural products; British colonialism; Charity; Childhood; Childhood dreams; Education; Family structure; Farmers; Farming practices; Land appropriation; Land ownership; Neighborly behavior; Social classes; Stepmothers; Tailoring; Threshing; al-Ṭīrah, Haifa (Palestine)

00:12:05 - Cultural life at al-Ṭīrah

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Partial Transcript: Families: Abū Shawwāṭah; Abū ʻĪsá.

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Shyakh Rabī‘ah (Maqām); al-Shaykh Muḥammad (Maqām).

Significant Figures: al-Khūrī, Ḥannā (Doctor); al-Zāwih, Samīrah (Doctor).

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Keywords: Arabic proverbs; British colonialism; British high commissioner; Building practices; Dhabīḥah; Dietary practices; Dwellings; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Grief; Herbal remedies; Injuries; Intervillage relations; Islam; Jewish immigrants; Jokes; Maqām; Military training; Mosques; Mourning; Neighborhoods; Proverbs; Revolutionary songs; Sūq; Traditional medical procedures; Wedding preparations; Wedding songs; Wedding traditions; Zionist occupation; al-Ṭīrah, Haifa (Palestine)

00:37:39 - Political conditions and Zionist invasion of al-Ṭīrah

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ghannām, Asʻad (Resistance fighter); Dirbās, Aḥmad (Resistance fighter).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882–1951; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arrest; British army camps; British authorities; British colonialism; British-Jewish relations; Clothing and dressing; Collaborationists; Employment; Family relations; Guards; Home bombing; Imprisonment; Jewish immigration; Jordanian army; Land acquisition; Military strategy; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Revolutionaries; Road blocks; Seeking shelter; Settler colonialism; Tanks; Village siege; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Qassām, ʻIzz al-Dīn, 1882-1935

00:53:32 - Betrayal, expulsion, and suffering

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882–1951; Aerial bombing; Agricultural products; Arab Salvation Army; Atrocities of war; British-Jewish relations; Caves; Child killings; Collaborationist; Crimes against humanity; Damaged weapons; Deception; Economic hardship; Evacuation orders; Exile; Expulsion from Palestine; Family reunification; Family structure; Fleas; Fārūq of Egypt, 1920–1965; Hardship; Hiding; Hostages; Humiliation; Iraqi Army; Land acquisition; Land appropriation; Land ownership; Leaving; Nablus (Palestine); Refugee experience; Return; Routes; Shootings; Syrian government; Terrorism; Umm al-Faḥm (Palestine); Vehicles; Violation of humanitarian law; Water resources; Zionist occupation; al-Ṭīrah, Haifa (Palestine)

01:16:17 - Exile and longing

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Keywords: Arab countries; Passing on memories; Refugee experience; Return; Rulers