Interview with Muḥammad Nimir Ḥammād مقابلة مع محمد نمر حمّاد

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:09 - Family origins and childhood hardships

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Sirḥān, Nāyif (Village leader).

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Keywords: Arrest; Arrest; Bedouins; Childhood dreams; Christians; Education; Marriage; Martyrdom; Orphans; Public schools; Socio-economic conditions; Women education; al-Kābrī (Palestine)

00:11:17 - Employment during the British Mandate and arrest

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Public Institutions: Dā’irat al-Tajārub al-Zirā‘īyah (Governmental institution); Dā’irat al-Jamārik (Governmental institution).

Families: Sirḥān.

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Arrest; British army camps; British police forces; Customs; Employment; Fathers; Gunshots; Income; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Partition plan, 1947; Peasant workers; Prisoners; Socio-economic conditions; Work; al-Kābrī (Palestine)

00:25:53 - Village disputes and cultural life

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Partial Transcript: Families: Sirḥān.

Significant Figures: al-Ṣafadī, Dīb (Mayor); Asmar, Dīb (Storyteller); Sirḥān, Fāris (Storyteller); al-Yashruṭī, ‘Alī (Shaykh).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Qanāyat al-Bāshā (Water resource); ‘Ayn al-‘Asal (Water resource); Ja‘tūn (Water resource).

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Keywords: Agricultural economics; Agricultural products; Arbitration; British authorities; British police forces; Coffeehouses; Courts; Dabkah; Dalʻūnā; Dietary practices; Disputes; Elderly people; Entertainment; Families; Ibrāhīm, Nūḥ, 1913-1938; Inheritance; Intervillage relations; Irrigation; Land ownership; Means of transportation; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Poets; Revolutionary songs; Rural life; Songs; Storytelling; Sūq; Trade; Village leaders; Wedding celebration; Wedding traditions; al-Kābrī (Palestine); al-Shādhʹilīyah (Islamic sect); ʻAtābā

00:48:58 - Arab revolt against British authorities and Battles

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Saʻīd, ʻĪd (Revolutionary); Saʻīd, al-Dalīl (Revolutionary leader); al-Shaykh ʻĪsá, Khalīl (Revolutionary); al-Shuqayrī, Anwar (Doctor); Badr, Ḥasan (Martyr).

Families: Ḥabīb.

Landmarks- Monuments: Qalʻat Jiddīn (Fortress).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Keren Kayemeth (Corporation).

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Keywords: Anti-Palestinian measures; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; Arbitration; Arrest; Assassination; Battles; British colonialism; Brothers; Collaborationists; Conspiracy; Courts; Executions; Germans; Jamʻiyyat al-Kaff al-Aswad; Khirbat Jiddīn (Palestine); Land brokers; Land sale; Landowners; Murder; Nahariya (Jewish Settlement: Palestine); Palestinian-Jewish relations; Rifles; Settler colonialism; Village siege; Weapon acquisition; al-Kābrī (Palestine); al-Rāmīyah (Prison: Palestine); al-Zīb (Palestine)

01:16:25 - Arab Salvation Army withdrawal and expulsion

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ṣafwat, Ismāʻīl (Arab Salvation Army commander); Ḥisin, Aḥmad (Martyr).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Arab Salvation Army; Arab countries; Battles; Displacement; Expulsion; Female; Great Britain; Rifles; Rulers; Terrorism; Weapons; al-Jāmiʻah al-ʻArabīyah; al-Kābrī (Palestine); al-Kābrī Battle, 1948