Interview with Aḥmad Maḥmūd al-Saʻdī مقابلة مع أحمد محمود السعدي

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:13 - Childhood and socio-economic life at al-Zīb

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-Saʻdī; ʻAṭāyā; Yūsuf.

Significant Figures: al-Nāṭūr, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān (Teacher); al-Barghūtī, ʻAbd al-Karīm (Teacher).

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Keywords: Agricultural economics; Agricultural land lease; Agricultural products; Anti-Palestinian economic measures; Antiquities; British colonialism; British policy; Building practices; Celebrations; Children's games; Economic prosperity; Education; Engagement; Executions; Exports; Family structure; House burning; Intervillage relations; Irrigation; Jaffa (Palestine); Jaffa oranges; Jewish settlements; Land appropriation; Land ownership; Public lands; Qurʼānic teaching; Religious practices; Schools; Settler colonialism; Social norms; Traders; Village leaders; Village siege; Water resources; Water supplies; Wedding customs; Weddings; Work; al-Zīb (Palestine)

00:28:50 - Social life, folklore, and religious beliefs

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Partial Transcript: Families: Saʻd al-Dīn; ʻAṭāyā; Yūsuf; al-Shaykh Ṭāhā.

Significant Figures: Manṣūr, Anīs (Author); ʻAṭāyā, Abū Sulaymān (Mayor); al-Fāris, Abū Shiḥādah (Mayor).

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Keywords: Antiquities; Arbitration; British colonialism; Building practices; Conspiracy; Crafts; Dabkah; Disputes; Dwellings; Economic hardship; Fishing; Generosity; Identity cards; Intervillage relations; Mayors; Means of transportation; Military forces; Protests against occupation; Revolutions; Self-sufficiency; Sewing; Social classes; Superstitions; Sūq; Village leaders; Weddings; World War, 1939-1945; al-Zīb (Palestine)

00:54:35 - Zionist invasion and expulsion

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ṭāhā, Khalīl (Martyr); al-ʻAbd ʻĪsá, Muḥammad (Martyr); al-Rāʻī, Aḥmad (Martyr).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Arab Salvation Army; Armies intervention; British-Jewish relations; Buses; Deception; Defense; Executions; Guards; Haifa (Palestine); Home demolition; Jewish settlements; Land appropriation; Land ownership; Lebanese Army; Mines; Murder; Palestinian resistance; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Psychological warfare; Public lands; Return; Revolutions; Routes; Social relations; Terrorism; Trenches; Vandalism; Village occupation; Weapon smuggling; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist occupation; al-Zīb (Palestine)

01:19:36 - Exile and Hardships

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ‘Aṭāyā, Abū ‘Izzāt (Martyr).

Families: ‘Awaḍ.

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Assassination; Return; Suffering