Interview with Ismāʻīl ʻAbd al-Qādir Shammūṭ مقابلة مع اسماعيل عبد القادر شموط

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood, family origin and political conditions

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Partial Transcript: Families: Shammūṭ.

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British-Jewish relations; Conspiracy; Education; Exports; Families; Family relations; Jaffa oranges; Jewish immigration; Painting; Palestine Post (Newspaper); Partition plan, 1947; Rumors; Socio-economic conditions; Storytelling; Strikes; Trade; Zionist colonization; al-Difāʻ (Newspaper); al-Lidd (Palestine)

00:11:34 - Cultural life and education

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Nabī Ṣālih (Maqām); al-Nabī Rūbīn (Maqām); Saint George Church (Church).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Madrasat al-Lidd al-’Ibtidā’īyah (School).

Significant Figures: Ẓalātīnū, Dāwūd (Teacher).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Wādī Jindās (Valley).

Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Sūq al-Ithnayn (Market).

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Keywords: Art; Celebrations; Christian holidays; Communal celebrations; Handicrafts; Harvesting time; Intervillage relations; Islamic holidays; Maqām; Mosques; Olive trees; Painting; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Public schools; Qurʼānic teaching; Religious belief; Religious ceremonies; Religious schooling; Return; Spring; al-Lidd (Palestine); al-Nabī Rūbīn (Palestine); al-Ramlah (Palestine)

00:28:51 - Early life and art education

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ẓalātīnū, Dāwūd (Teacher); al-Ḥusaynī, Shawqī (Artist); Ṣaqr, Ḥāfiẓ (Revolutionary); Ṣaqr, Ḥāfiẓ (Martyr).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Bi’r al-Za’baq (Maqām).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Anecdotes; Blindness; British occupation; British policy; British-Jewish relations; Dietary practices; Discrimination; Education; Electricity; Embroidery; Entertainment; Haganah; Handicrafts; Harvesting; Islamic holidays; Jewish settlements; Jokes; Land appropriation; Land ownership; Land sale; Maqām; News; Olive oil mills; Painting; Partition plan, 1947; Political parties; Population; Professions; Radio stations; Religious artifacts; Resistance; Rural areas; Settler colonialism; Stern; Trade; al-Hay’ah al-ʻArabīyah al-ʻUlyā; al-Lidd (Palestine); Ḥizb al-Istiqlāl

00:52:40 - Jordanian army withdrawal and expulsion from al-Lidd

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Public Institutions: Maṭār al-Lidd (Airport).

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Keywords: Armed resistance; Arrest; Brutal treatment; Curfew; Displacement; Expulsion; Forced labor; Guards; Hardship; Jewish settlements; Martyrs; Military superiority; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Partition plan, 1947; Personal belongings; Political prisoners; Suffering; Terrorism; Trenches; Water resources; Weapons; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist occupation; al-Lidd and Ramlah battles

01:12:35 - Expulsion and suffering

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Keywords: Checkpoints; Economic aid; Economic hardship; Expulsion from Palestine; Hunger; Olive trees; Ramallah (Palestine); Refugee camps; Right of return; Routes; School teachers; Theft; Vehicles; Volunteering; Water resources; Work