Interview with ‘Uthmān Aḥmad Fāʻūr مقابلة مع عثمان أحمد فاعور

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Education and trade

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻAllām, Niyāzī (Teacher).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Scots College (School).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: ʻᾹqir (Airport).

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Keywords: Banks; Childhood; Children's games; Curfew; Economic conditions; Education; Elections; Employment; Entertainment; Firʻim (Palestine); Hebrew; House rent; Leaders; Mothers; Musicians; Nablus (Palestine); Namir, Rifʻat Ṣidqī; Neighborhoods; Public baths; Public schools; Safad (Palestine); Sports; Strikes; Tiberias (Palestine); Trade; Women education

00:27:20 - Social and community life in Firʻim

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Mirʻī, Muḥammad Ḥusayn (Nurse); ʻUthmān, Ḥusayn (Mayor); al-ʻAwdah, Sulaymān (Shaykh); al-ʻUthmān, Salīm (Village leader); Manṣūr, Muḥammad (Trader).

Landmarks- Monuments: Maghārat al-Ṣiddīq (Cave).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Wādī Firʻim (Valley); al-Nḥaylī (Water resource).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Antiquities; Arab workers; Cowardice; Disputes; Dwellings; Farmers; Guards; Intervillage relations; Irrigation; Jewish settlements; Mosques; Municipalities; Neighboring villages; Olive trees; Respect; Traders; Water supplies

00:46:32 - Firʻim during the Arab revolt 1936-1939 and Palestinian-Jewish relations

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻAbdullāh, Ṣāliḥ (Revolutionary leader); ʻAwdah, Yūsuf (Revolutionary leader); al-Zayn, ʻAlī (Revolutionary); ʻUthmān, Maḥmūd (Revolutionary); ʻAwdah, Muḥammad (Martyr).

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Keywords: Airports; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arbitration; British Army; British-Jewish relations; Courts; Intervillage relations; Jewish neighbors; Jewish settlements; Nationalism; News; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Relief; Rifles; Skirmishes; Trade; Weapon acquisition; al-Jāʻūnah (Palestine)

01:02:59 - Firʻim during 1948 and expulsion

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Arab countries; Armed resistance; Armies; Bombardment; British policy; British-Jewish relations; Defense; Economic aid; Family reunification; Firʻim (Palestine); Homeland; Injuries; Military superiority; Military training; Mortars; News; Nostalgia; Passing on memories; Psychological warfare; Return; Routes; Syria; Tanks; Terrorism; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist occupation