Interview with Tawfīq ʻAbdullāh Maḥmūd مقابلة مع توفيق عبدالله محمود

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Nābulsī, Ḥāmid (Teacher); Murād, Muḥammad Saʻīd (Teacher).

Families: al-Rifāʻīyah; Shanāʻah.

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Childhood; Childhood dreams; Clothing and dresses; Dallātah (Palestine); Education; Farmers; Firʻim (Palestine); Public schools; Rural life; Sports; Ṭayṭabāh (Palestine)

Partial Transcript: Families: al-ʻAbdullāh; Ayyūb; Ḥammīd; Suwayd.

Significant Figures: al-Maḥmūd, Muḥammad (Poet); al-Ḥiṭṭīnī, Abū Saʻīd (Poet); Saʻīd, Muḥammad (Poet); al-Maḥmūd, Khālid (Musician); al-Aḥmad, Ḥasan (Musician); Ḥusayn, Ibrāhīm (Musician).

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Keywords: Agricultural calendars; Agricultural economics; Agricultural products; Bedouins; Circassians; Circumcision; Dabkah; Dīwān; Family names; Farm animals; Farming practices; Folk songs; Intervillage relations; Land appropriation; Land ownership; Leaders; Marriage proposals; Moroccans; Neighboring villages; Safad (Palestine); Self-sufficiency; Strikes; Threshing; Traders; Water wells; Weddings; Women in agriculture; Work; ʻĪd al-Aḍḥá; ʻĪd al-Fiṭr; ʻĪd al-Mawlid al-Nabawī

Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Shaykh Muḥammad al-Naṭṭāḥ (Maqām); al-Shaykh Yūsuf (Maqām).

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Brides; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British policy; British-Jewish relations; Condolences; Consolation; Death; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Intervillage relations; Jewish settlers; Jokes; Musicians; Neighborly behavior; Relief; Religious belief; Social norms; Social relations; Weddings

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Tawbah, Aḥmad (Revolutionary leader).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Armed patrols; British colonialism; Dallātah; Deception; Ein Zeitim (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Enemies; Guards; Ḥusaynī, ʻAbd al-Qādir Mūsá, 1908-1948; Martyrs; Newspapers; Relief; Settler colonialism; Treason; Weapon acquisition; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Maḥmūd, Muḥammad Ibrāhīm (Resistance leader); Ḥammīd, Sirḥān (Resistance leader); Shdīd, Muḥammad (Arab Salvation Army commander); al-Qāsim, Ḥasan (Martyr); Maḥmūd, Muḥammad Ibrāhīm (Mayor); Ḥusayn, Qāsim Muḥammad (Wounded).

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Battles; Deception; Disputes; Guards; Jewish settlements; Skirmishes; Syrian Army; Terrorism; Traitors; Weapon acquisition; Weapons confiscation; Zionist occupation; al-Ṣafṣāf Massacre, 1948; ʻAyn al-Zaytūn Massacre, Palestine, 1948; Ṣalḥah Massacre, 1948

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥusayn, Kāmil (Resistance leader).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Arab countries; Circassians; Collaborationists; Conspiracy; Deception; Evacuation orders; Expulsion; Homeland; Israeli colonization; Lebanon; Massacres; Military withdrawal; Nostalgia; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Partition plan, 1947; Passing on memories; Personal belongings; Regret; Return; Terrorism; Theft; Trade; Treason