Interview with Muḥammad Jaʻfar Ṭāhir مقابلة مع محمد جعفر طاهر

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:09 - Childhood and agriculture in pre-Nakba Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Rifāʻī, Saʻīd (Shaykh); al-Ḥāj Ṭāhā, Maḥmūd (School principal).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Haifa Cigarettes Manufacture (Corporation).

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Keywords: Agricultural economics; Agricultural products; Agricultural prosperity; Airports; Arab tribes; British policy; Buḥayrat al-Ḥūlah (Palestine); Children's games; Farmers; Irrigation; Means of transportation; Qurʼānic teaching; Safad (Palestine); Schooling; Smuggling; Tiberias (Palestine); Tobacco industry; Trade; al-Ḥusaynīyah (Palestine)

00:12:06 - Social conditions and community life in pre-Nakba al-Ḥusaynīyah

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Partial Transcript: Families: Jaʻfar; al-Bashīr; al-Rābiʻah; al-Ruwājidah; ʻAmmār; Abū Zayyān.

Significant Figures: ʻAmmār,ʻAbdullāh (Mayor); ʻAmmār, Ḥusayn (Village leader); ‘Aṣfūr, Ḥanná (Lawyer).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Ḥasnāwī (Maqām).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Keren Kayemeth (Corporation).

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Keywords: Arbitration; Bedouins; Buses; Courts; Deception; Dietary practices; Family names; Family relations; Hospitality; Intervillage relations; Jewish settlements; Kibbutzim; Land brokers; Land purchase; Land sale; Marriage proposals; Means of transportation; Minorities; Moroccans; Murder; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Population; Religious belief; Settler colonialism; Social norms; Wedding Customs; al-Baqqārah (Kurdish tribe); al-Ghannāmah (Kurdish tribe); al-Ghawārinah (Arab tribe); al-Hayb (Arab tribe); al-Sawāʻid (Arab tribe); al-Zubaydāt (Arab tribe); al-Ḥamdūn (Arab tribe)

00:38:48 - British colonialism and Zionist invasion

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻAmmār, Maḥmūd (Martyr); al-Ṭayyib, Fāyiz (Martyr); al-Ṭayyib, Nimir (Martyr); Rābiḥ, Kānūn (Martyr); Jaʻfar, Ḥusayn (Revolutionary); ʻAmmār, Ḥusayn (Leader); al-Ḥusayn, Kāmil (Leader); al-Sa‘īd, Nimir (Revolutionary); al-Aḥmad, Muḥammad (Revolutionary).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arrest; Boycott; Bribery; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British colonialism; Child killings; Crimes against humanity; Executions; French Army; Guards; Haganah; Home demolition; House burning; Imprisonment; Injustice; Land sale; Martyrdom; Military training; Mines; Moroccans; Police stations; Protection; Revolutionary leadership; Rifles; Syria; Terrorism; Village siege; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Hayʼah al-ʻArabīyah al-ʻUlyā; al-Ḥusaynīyah Battle, 1948; al-Ḥusaynīyah Massacre, 1948

01:02:49 - Expulsion from al-Ḥusaynīyah

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Jumʻah, ʻAlī (Martyr); ʻAmmār, ʻAbdullāh (Wounded).

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Keywords: Circassians; Displacement; Dwellings; Evacuation orders; Expulsion; Fathers; Haganah; Injuries; Jewish settlements; News; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Passing on memories; Personal belongings; Radio stations; Routes; Seeking refuge; Terrorism; Village occupation; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist occupation; al-Nabī Yusha' Battle, 1948; al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964; al-Ḥusaynīyah (Palestine); ʻAlmā (Palestine)