Interview with Aḥmad Krayyim al-Ḥāj مقابلة مع أحمد كرّيم الحاج

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Fāḥūm, Ziyād (Teacher); ʻAbdullāh, Amīn (Teacher); Mūsá, Aḥmad ʻUmar (Teacher); al-Mukaḥḥal, Sha‘bān (Policeman); al-Ḥāj, Aḥmad Ḥusayn (Teacher).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Jāmiʻ al-Jazzār (Mosque).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Akka (Prison: Palestine); Armed patrols; British Army; British colonialism; British high commissioner; British officers; British-Jewish relations; Children's games; Disguise; Education; Executions; Family structure; Football; Haganah; Income; Jewish settlements; Justice; Military aircraft; Naturalization; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Pamphlets; Police; Police stations; Punishment; Schools; Stern; Tanks; Teachers; Women education; World War, 1939-1945; ʻAlmā (Palestine)

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ḥusayn ʻᾹqil (Poet); Saʻīd, Aḥmad (Mayor); Farḥāt Sallām (Poet); al-Maḥmūd, Muḥammad (Poet); al-Shaʻbī, Abū Khalīl (Poet).

Families: al-Ḥāj; al-ʻAjjāwī; Shaḥrūr; al-Zaghmūṭ.

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Nabī Yūshaʻ (Maqām); al-Nabī Yaʻqūb (Maqām); al-Nabī Yūsuf (Maqām); al-Nabī Ṣāliḥ (Maqām); Masjid al-Aqṣá (Mosque).

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Keywords: Armed patrols; Ashkenazi Jews; Baptism; British-Jewish relations; Christians; Circassians; Crops; Farmers; Historic buildings; Holidays; Jewish immigrants; Jewish settlements; Landowners; Maqām; Military training; Mosques; Muslims; Neighboring villages; Population; Religious belief; Religious ceremonies; Rural life; Settler colonialism; Trade; Wedding celebration; ʻĪd celebrations

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻᾹqil, Ḥusayn (Poet); Sulaymān, Aḥmad Saʻīd (Mayor); Sallām, Farḥāt (Poet); al-Maḥmūd, Muḥammad (Poet); al-Shaʻbī, Abū Khalīl (Poet).

Families: Zaghmūṭ.

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Keywords: Arranged marriage; Bedouins; Boundaries; Circumcision; Communal celebrations; Entertainment; Harvesting time; Intervillage relations; Land appropriation; Land ownership; Lanterns; Maiden; Poets; Police; Social relations; Wedding celebration

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Mall, Ḥasan (Revolutionary).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Keren Kayemeth (Corporation).

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Keywords: Ammunition; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; Ashkenazi Jews; British colonialism; British officers; Coexistence; Displacement; Disputes; Farmers; House rent; Income; Jewish settlements; Khaḍrā, Ṣubḥī, 1895-1954; Land sale; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Police; Police stations; Ports; Road blocks; Ships; Socio-economic conditions; Tanks; Weapon acquisition; Work; al-Aṣbaḥ, ‘Abdullāh, 1910-1938

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Shdīd, Ghassān (Arab Salvation Army commander).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: British Bank (Bank).

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Keywords: Arabs; Banks; Beirut (Lebanon); Currency convertibility; Dispersion; Expulsion from Palestine; Financial compensation; Governors; Identity cards; Income; Israeli colonization; Military commanders; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Personal belongings; Police; Psychological warfare; Refugee experience; Return; Routes; State of Israel; Syrian Army; Traders; Village leaders

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Keywords: Boundaries; Brothers; Cyprus; Dispersion; Expulsion from Palestine; Homeland; Israeli colonization; Living conditions; Nostalgia; Palestinian national identity; Passing on memories; Permits; Property destruction; Refugees; Right of return; Telephone