Interview with Muḥammad Lūbānī مقابلة مع محمد لوباني

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:10 - Childhood, education, and employment

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Shuqayf, Ṣalʻat (School principal); Mdayris, Antoine (Teacher).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Trans Hospital (Hospital).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt,1936-1939; Attack; British-Jewish relations; Childhood; Crafts; Drivers; Education; Employment; Executions; Fathers; Income; Jewish settlements; Maliciousness; Public schools; Religious fanaticism; Resistance; Shootings; Students; Teachers; Trade; Weapon trade; al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890-1977

00:19:07 - Weapon trade and British siege

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-‘Afīfī.

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Keywords: Agriculture; Bombings; British occupation; Buses; Child mortality; Damaged weapons; Drivers; Expulsion from Palestine; Farmers; Hunger; Jewish settlements; Palestinian resistance; Shootings; Tanks; Tiberias (Palestine); Weapon trade

00:27:43 - Socio-political conditions and religious life in Tiberias

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-Ṭabarī.

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Jabal Nāṣir al-Dīn (Mountain).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: al-Bank al-ʻArabī (Bank); Baritos Bank (Bank); Anglo Bank (Bank).

Significant Figures: ʻAnkūsh, Muṣṭafá Shāhīn (Revolutionary).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Kanīsat al-Qiyāmah (Church); Jāmiʻ al-Baḥrah (Mosque).

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Keywords: Antiquities; Assassination; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British-Jewish relations; Collaborationists; Discrimination; Dwellings; Fishermen; Flour mills; Governors; House rent; Interreligious relations; Intervillage relations; Jamʻiyyat al-Jihād Muqaddas; Jewish immigration; Jewish settlements; Land brokers; Land ownership; Mayors; Religious belief; Religious ceremonies; Religious diversity; Rocks; Social classes; Synagogues; Tiberias (Palestine); Water resources; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975

00:48:20 - Cultural life and interreligious relations in Tiberias

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: al-ʻAṣrī (Hotel).

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Keywords: Buḥayrat Ṭabarayā (Palestine); Entertainment; Interreligious marriage; Interreligious relations; Palestinian Jews; Public baths; Tiberias (Palestine); Trade

00:55:13 - Battles and Palestinian reisstance

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū Zayyān, Ḥusayn ʻAbdullāh (Revolutionary); al-Ḥamawī, Ṣubḥi (Revolutionary); Shāhīn, Shukrī (Martyr).

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Keywords: Ammunition; Arab Revolt 1936-1939; Armed resistance; Attack; Bombardment; British policy; British-Jewish relations; Clashes; Collaborationists; Executions; Expulsion; Female; Guards; Jewish settlers; Land sale; Military superiority; Mines; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Pamphlets; Relief; Revolutionary leadership; Saʻsaʻ (Palestine); Seeking shelter; Skirmishes; Sīlat al-Ẓahr; Sīlat al-Ẓahr (Palestine); Terrorism; Weapons

01:13:24 - Hardships and exile

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Bombings; British authorities; Buses; Defeat; Despair; Expulsion; Massacres; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Personal belongings; Return; Routes; Saʻsaʻ (Palestine); Tanks; Traps; Zionist occupation; al-Ṣafṣāf (Palestine)