Interview with Sāmī al-ʻAlamī مقابلة مع سامي العلمي

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:12 - Father's trade and memories

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Sharīf, Saʻd (Trader).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Sayyid Hāshim (Mosque).

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Keywords: Arafat, Yasir, 1929-2004; Bombings; Childbirth; Childhood; Education; Gaza (Palestine); Internal migration; Jaffa (Palestine); Jerusalem (Palestine); Ottoman Empire; Socio-economic conditions; Wedding customs

00:13:06 - Childhood and schooling in Gaza

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Private Institutions: American University of Beirut (University); Madrasat al-Maʻārif (School).

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Keywords: Airplanes; Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973; British colonization; British occupation; Entertainment; Gaza (Palestine); Higher education; Jaffa (Palestine); Military occupation; Settler colonialism; Weizmann, Chaim, 1874–1952

00:24:13 - British harassment during the Arab revolt, 1936-1939

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥāj Muḥammad, ʻAbd al-Raḥīm (Revolutionary leader).

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Keywords: Arrest; Blūdān Conference (1937: Bloudan, Syria); British officers; Christians; Courts; Curfew; Deception; Gaza (Palestine); House raid; Jaffa (Palestine); Police investigations; Prisons; Revolutionaries; Strikes; Water resources; Zionists; al-Hay’ah al-ʻArabīyah al-ʻUlyā; al-Ḥusaynī, al-Ḥāj Amīn, 1895-1975; al-Ṣarafand (Prison: Lebanon)

00:45:35 - Education at the American University of Beirut

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Private Institutions: Iraqi Petroleum Company (Corporation).

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Keywords: Cinemas; Employment; Entertainment; French Government; Interreligious marriage; Land partition; Lebanon; Zionist occupation; Zurayq, Qusṭanṭīn, 1909-2000; al-Jāmiʻah al-ʻArabīyah; al-Ḥizb al-Sūrī al-Qawmī al-Ijtimāʻī; al-Ḥizb al-ʻArabī al-Filasṭīnī

01:01:42 - Expulsion from Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Private Institutions: al-Bank al-ʻArabī (Bank).

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Keywords: Armed resistance; Attempt at return; Battles; Egyptian Consulate; Explosions; Gaza (Palestine); Iraqi Army; Jaffa (Palestine); Jewish settlements; Lebanon; Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 1918–1970; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Revolutionaries; Slaughter; State of Israel; Ṣulḥ, Riyāḍ, 1894-1951; Tel Aviv (Jewish settlement: Palestine); al-Hayʼah al-ʻArabīyah al-ʻUlyā