Interview with Ibrāhīm Khalīl Biqāʻī مقابلة مع ابراهيم خليل بقاعي

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood, education, and cultural life

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū Raḥmah, ʻAwaḍ (Shaykh); ʻIzz al-Dīn, Kāmil (Teacher).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Madrasat Firʻim (School).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Bedouins; Childhood dreams; Children's games; Dowry; Economic conditions; Family structure; Farmers; Farming practices; Horseback riding; Immigration; Jewish settlements; Marriage proposals; Nawar; Wedding songs; Wedding traditions; Women education; al-Wayzīyah (Palestine)

00:13:24 - Social conditions and community life

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Partial Transcript: Families: ʻUthmān; Misʻid; ʻUmar; Yūnus: al-Ḥāj; al-Biqā‘ī; Barakī; Jirjis.

Significant Figures: ʻAbd al-Ḥalīl, ʻAbdullāh (Mayor); ʻUmar, Ibrāhīm (Mayor); Yūnus, Muṣṭafá al-Aḥmad (Mayor).

Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Cinema al-Ahlī (Cinema).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Airports; Akka (Palestine); Building practices; Caves; Childbirth; Dwellings; Dīwān; Entertainment; Expulsion; Firʻim (Palestine); Hospitality; Jewish neighbors; Jewish settlements; Landowners; Means of transportation; Mosques; Mughr al-Khayṭ (Palestine); Neighboring villages; Olive oil mills; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Soap; Sūq; Trade; Traditional medical procedures; Wedding traditions; al-Baqqārah (Kurdish tribe); al-Ghannāmah (Kurdish tribe); al-Wayzīyah (Palestine)

00:32:18 - Harassment of Mughr al-Khayṭ during the Arab revolt

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Yūnus, Fayyāḍ (Revolutionary); al-Shaykh Maḥmūd, ʻAbd al-Ghanī (Revolutionary).

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Keywords: Airports; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Armed patrols; Bedouins; British colonialism; Caves; Chaos; Demolition; Germans; House raid; Mughr al-Khayṭ (Palestine); Murder; Shootings; Torture; Vandalism; Village siege; Violation of humanitarian law; Weapon acquisition; al-Mālikīyah (Prison: Palestine)

00:37:06 - Battles and war events

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ṭabrī, Fūʼād (Doctor); al-Ḥāj, Ṣāliḥ (Martyr).

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Keywords: Bombardment; British colonialism; Demolition; Displacement; Disputes; Druzes; Expulsion; Illness; Interreligious relations; Jewish immigrants; Jewish neighbors; Jewish settlements; Land purchase; Martyrdom; Military aid; Mughr al-Khayṭ (Palestine); Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Religious diversity; Routes; Safad (Palestine); Settler colonialism; Surgery; Tanks; Terrorism; Vandalism; Village siege; War crimes; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Tall (Palestine); Ṭayṭabā (Palestine)

00:57:01 - British Army withdrawal and Zionist occupation

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Battles; British-Jewish relations; Deception; Defense; Demolition; Martyrdom; Military withdrawal; Relief; Resistance; Safad (Palestine); Shootings; Tanks; Trenches; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948

01:04:51 - Expulsion from Mughr al-Khayṭ

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Keywords: Antiquities; Armed patrols; Beliefs; Bombardment; Caves; Expulsion; Mughr al-Khayṭ (Palestine); Murder; Nakba; Nostalgia; Passing on memories; Peasant workers; Public baths; Resistance; Return; Routes; Shepherds; Shootings; Terrorism; Tiberias (Palestine); al-Hayb (Arab tribe)