Interview with Maḥmūd Darwīsh ʻAbd al-ʻĀl مقابلة مع محمود درويش عبد العال

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:01:20 - Childhood and rural life

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ḥijāzī, Muṣṭafá (Mayor); Khālid,Shākir (Teacher) ; al-Shaykh Aḥmad, ʻAbdū (Tecaher).

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Keywords: Agricultural economics; Agricultural products; Anti-Palestinian economic measures; Book reviews; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British policy; Caliphs; Celebrations; Children's games; Dīwān; Economic hardship; Entertainment; Family structure; Farmers; Farming practices; Irrigation; Jewish immigration; Markets; Means of transportation; Olive trees; Punishment; Qurʼānic teaching; Religious education; Schools; Storytelling; Sūq; Water resources; Wedding celebration; Work; al-Ghābisīyah (Palestine); ʻĪd al-Mawlid al-Nabawī

00:22:50 - Social and cultural life

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-ʻAwaḍ, Rabāḥ (Revolutionary leader); ʻAbd al-ʻᾹl, Ḥasan (Journalist); ʻAbd al-Rāziq, Tawfīq (Shaykh); Ḥijāzī, Muṣṭafá (Mayor).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Shaykh Dāwūd, (Maqām); Dannūn (Maqām).

Families: ʻAbd al-ʻᾹl; ʻAwaḍ.

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Keywords: Balfour Declaration, 1917; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British police forces; British-Jewish relations; Deception; Employment; Families; Fathers; Guards; Herbal remedies; Jewish settlements; Land ownership; Medical doctors; Neighboring villages; Qabaḍāy; Socio-economic conditions; Traditional medical procedures; Village leaders; Wedding celebration; Weddings; al-Ghābisīyah (Palestine); ʻĪd al-Mawlid al-Nabawī

00:42:18 - Battles and Arab Salvation Army withdrawal

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-ʻAwaḍ, Rabāḥ (Revolutionary leader); al-Ghuzz, Abū Maḥmūd (Resistance leader); Fnaysh, Sārī (Arab Salvation Army commander); ʻAbd al-ʻᾹl ,Abū ʻAdnān Ayyūb (Revolutionary); al-Shuqayrī, Asʻad (Resistance leader).

Landmarks- Monuments: Qalʻat Jiddīn (Fortress).

Families: Sursuq.

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Egged Bus company (Corporation).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Ambushes; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; Arab countries; Armored vehicles; Atrocities of war; Battles; Bombardment; Buses; Collaboration; Damaged weapons; Deception; Envy; Explosions; Guards; Injuries; Khirbat Jiddīn (Palestine); Land purchase; Military withdrawal; Modesty; Propaganda; Resistance; Rifles; Shootings; Terrorism; Village occupation; Village siege; Weapons; Weapons confiscation; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Kābrī (Palestine)

01:10:34 - Weapon trade and exile

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Sirḥān, Fāris (Leader); Sirḥān, al-Sayyid ʻAbd (Guard); Jūdī, Ṣāliḥ (Guard); al-Ghuz, Abū Maḥmūd (Resistance leader).

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Keywords: Armed patrols; Economic conditions; Elderly people; Expulsion from Palestine; Homeland; Jaysh Abū Maḥmūd; Lebanese Government; Personal belongings; Qabaḍāy; Refugee experience; Return; Rifles; Survival; Weapon acquisition; Weapon trade; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist occupation; al-Ghābisīyah (Palestine); al-Hayʼah al-ʻArabīyah al-ʻUlyā; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975