Interview with Muḥammad ʻAlī al-Mkaḥal مقابلة مع محمد علي المكحل

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Tribal customs and community life

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Muḥammad, Muṣṭafá (Mayor)

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Keywords: Arabs; Arbitration; Blood money; Celebrations; Deception; Dwellings; Economic conditions; Family structure; Farming practices; Fathers; Food; Land rent; Leaders; Olive trees; Qadas (Palestine); Schools; Social relations; Tribal customs; al-Ḥamdūn (Arab tribe); Ḥaṭṭah

00:16:41 - Cultural life and customs

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Keywords: Harvesting; Hospitality; Invitations; Mayors; Musical instruments; Revolutionaries; Wedding presents; Wedding songs; Wedding traditions; al-Ḥamdūn (Arab tribe); Ẓarīf al-Ṭūl

00:26:13 - Expulsion of Palestinians

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ‘Ammār, Ḥusayn (Landowner); al-Mārdīnī, Aḥmad (Landowner); Zughayb, Muḥammad (Lebanese Army commander).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Agricultural products; Arab Revolt, 193-1939; Arab Salvation Army; Coexistence; Collaborationists; Displacement; Forced evacuation; Hardship; Injuries; Jewish neighbors; Killing; Land sale; Mayors; Mistreatment; Nostalgia; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Passing on memories; Personal belongings; Qadas (Palestine); Relief; Return; Routes; Settler colonialism; Weapons confiscation; Zionist occupation; al-Aṣbaḥ, ‘Abdullāh, 1910-1938; al-Mālikīyah (Palestine)