Interview with Qāsim Yūsuf Qāsim مقابلة مع قاسم يوسف قاسم

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:09 - Childhood and education

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Sbaytī, Yūsuf (Shaykh); Qānūn, Ḥusayn Ṭabiyjī (Shaykh); Ilyās, Dīb (Teacher).

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Keywords: Children's games; Education; Family structure; Fathers; Iqrit (Palestine); Religious schooling; Students; Tarbīkhā (Palestine)

00:07:34 - Zionist occupation and terrorism

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Private Institutions: Haifa Cigarettes Manufacture (Corporation).

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Keywords: Agriculture; Executions; Farming practices; Jewish settlers; Land ownership; Mass murder; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Psychological warfare; Return; Survival; Tobacco industry; Ṣalḥah Massacre, 1948

00:15:17 - Social and cultural life

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Qallūṭah, Muhāwish (Mayor); Mūsá, Saʻīd (Village leader); al-Ṭaʻaymis, Saʻīd (Village leader); al-Ḥāj Muslim, Amīn (Village leader); Ṭaybah, ‘Abd (Shop owner); al-Ḥāj Ḥusayn, Ibrāhīm (Shop owner).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Nabī Rubīn (Maqām); al-Nabī Yūsha‘ (Maqām); al-Nabī Shuʻayb (Maqām).

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Keywords: Agricultural economics; Anti-Palestinian economic measures; Antiquities; British army camps; British policy; Buses; Communal celebrations; Displacement; Dwellings; Exports; Farm animals; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Government officials; Hospitality; Jaffa oranges; Jewish immigrants; Land deeds; Marriage contracts; Means of transportation; Mourning; Neighboring villages; Population; Religious belief; Respect; Singing; Social norms; Surrender; Sūq; Tarbīkhā (Palestine); Tobacco industry; Trade; Traditional medical procedures; Water wells; Wedding Customs

00:35:14 - Tarbīkhā during the Arab revolt 1936-1939

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻAbdullāh, Muḥammad (Revolutionary); Muslim, Mūsá (Revolutionary); al-Ibrāhīm, Maḥmūd (Revolutionary); Sirḥān, Fāris (Leader).

Families: Sirḥān.

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Armed resistance; Arrest; Bombardment; British authorities; British colonialism; Collaborationists; Druzes; Explosions; Imprisonment; Jewish settlements; Lebanon; Mines; Rifles; Skirmishes; Torture; Village siege; Weapon smuggling

00:47:55 - Terrorism and expulsion

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Muslim, Mūsá (Resistance leader); ʻAbdullāh, Muḥammad (Resistance leader); al-Ḥāj Ibrāhīm, Aḥmad (Policeman); al-Mi‘ārī, Ḥusayn (Policeman); Yuḥmur, ‘Alī (Policeman).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Bombings; Border guards; British army camps; Druzes; Executions; Expulsion from Palestine; Hebrew; Iraqi Army; Jewish settlements; Military strategy; Military withdrawal; Murder; News; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Pamphlets; Psychological warfare; Shootings; Surrender; Terrorism; Work; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist occupation

01:03:41 - Attempt at return and refugee experience

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-ʻAwaḍ, Muḥammad (Martyr); Salmān, Ḥasan (Martyr); Mufliḥ, Muḥammad (Wounded).

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Keywords: Anti-Palestinian measures; Arrest; Bedouins; Damaged weapons; Druzes; Escape; Expulsion from Palestine; Homeland; Lebanon; Military superiority; Nostalgia; Pre-Nakba life; Seeking refuge; Summer; Tarbīkhā (Palestine); Theft; Zionist occupation