Interview with Ḥasan Badr al-Shāhīn مقابلة مع حسن بدر الشاهين

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood memories and Battles

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Private Institutions: al-Wadādiīyah (Hospital); Barclays Bank (Bank).

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Keywords: Ammunition; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; Bombardment; Checkpoints; Children's games; Displacement; Escape; Explosions; Expulsion; Farmers; Graveyards; Haganah; Idhāʻat al-Sharq al-Adná; Injuries; Jaffa (Palestine); Martyrdom; Martyrs; Mothers; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Police investigations; Resistance; Routes; Skirmishes; Tel Aviv (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Terrorism; Weapon acquisition; Wedding customs; Yugoslavs; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist occupation

00:16:15 - Expulsion from Jaffa and war events

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Atrocities of war; Bombardment; Cooking; Deception; Displacement; Egyptian Army; Jewish settlements; Means of transportation; Terrorism; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948

00:21:03 - Cultural life and traditions

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Private Institutions: English hospital (Hospital).

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Keywords: Arab countries; Arabic proverbs; Coexistence; Folktales; Grooms; Herbal remedies; Marriage; Medical care; Medical doctors; Poetry; Public baths; Social relations; Storytelling; Traditional medical procedures; Wedding songs; Wedding traditions

00:35:11 - Refugee experience and hope of return

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Keywords: Deception; Expulsion from Palestine; Graveyards; Hardship; Homeland; Humiliation; Land ownership; Palestinian national identity; Passing on memories; Personal belongings; Refugee experience; Suffering