Interview with Ḥusayn ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm Abū ‘Ayyāsh مقابلة مع حسين عبدالحليم ابو عياش

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:03 - Childhood life at ʻAylūṭ

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Keywords: Elementary schools; Family structure; Farmers; Smuggling; Teachers

00:07:38 - Socio-economic conditions and Palestinian-Jewish relations

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Nabī Lūṭ (Maqam).

Families: Abū Rās; ʻAwaḍ Allāh; Abū Juwayyid; ʻAbbūd.

Significant Figures: al-Aḥmad, Ḥasan al-Muḥammad (Mayor).

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Keywords: Agriculture; Farm animals; Guards; Honesty; Hospitality; Jewish settlements; Kibbutzim; Markets; Nazareth (Palestine); Palestinian-Jewish relations; Police stations; Population; Sīlat al-Ẓahr (Palestine); Trade; Water resources; al-Ṣubayḥ (Arab tribe); ʻAylūṭ (Palestine)

00:20:01 - British colonialism and political life

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ṣaltī, Nāyif (Revolutionary leader); al-Sulaymān, ʻAwaḍ (Revolutionary leader); ʻAbd al-Khalīl, Ḥasan (Prisoner); Abū ʻAyyāsh, Ḥasan (Prisoner).

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Keywords: Agricultural economics; Ambushes; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; British authorities; British colonialism; Collaborationists; Farm animals; Investigation; Jewish immigrants; Neighborly behavior; Prisoners; Revolutionary leadership; Scout; Self-sufficiency; Shootings; Strikes; Theft; Village siege; Weapon smuggling; World War, 1939-1945; al- Ḥujayrāt (Arab tribe); al-Hayb (Arab tribe); al-Jawāmīs (Arab tribe); al-Mazārīq (Arab tribe); ʻAylūṭ (Palestine); Ḥizb al-Najjādah

00:41:45 - Battles and Palestinian mass murder

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Battles; Caves; Clothing and dresses; Damaged weapons; Disputes; Elections; Expulsion; Fasting; Hiding; Home demolition; Martyrs; Mass murder; Mayors; Military superiority; Military training; Military withdrawal; Mines; Munaẓẓamat al-Futūwwah; Nazareth (Palestine); Ramaḍān; Return; Rifles; Shafā ʻAmrū (Palestine); Shootings; Surrender; Village occupation; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist occupation; ʻAylūṭ (Palestine); Ḥizb al-Najjādah

01:04:42 - Expulsion from ʻAylūṭ during 1948

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū ʻAyyāsh, Ṭāhā (Martyr); al-ʻᾹmūd, Muḥammad (Martyr); al-Saʻīd, Ṣāliḥ (Martyr); ʻAbd al-ʻAlī, Muḥammad (Martyr); al-Ibrāhīm, Salīm Muḥammad (Disappeared person); al-‘Awdah, ‘Alī (Disappeared person); al-‘Alī, ‘Awaḍ (Disappeared person).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Arrest; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Family reunification; Farm animals; Home demolition; Hospitality; Intelligence services; Nostalgia; Permits; Prisoners of war; Return; Routes; Shootings; Suffering; Survival; Village siege; Wishes