Interview with Fawzī Aḥmad al-Nimir مقابلة مع فوزي أحمد النمر

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Early childhood and community life in Birīyā

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Naʻmān, Faḍl Aḥmad (Resistance fighter).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Jabal Kanʻān (Mountain).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Bīrīyā (Palestine); Children's games; Displacement; Education; Family structure; Fathers; Muslims; Resistance movements; Rural life; Schools; Swimming; Swings of ʻĪd; Trenches; Wedding celebration; Zionist occupation

00:06:33 - al-Ṣafṣāf massacre

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻAsqūt, Muḥammad Khālid (Martyr).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Bomb shelters; Bīrīyā (Palestine); Crimes against humanity; Displacement; Explosions; Expulsion from Palestine; Fathers; Lebanon; Mass graves; Military superiority; Prisoners of war; Psychological warfare; Resistance movements; Routes; Terrorism; Weapons; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Ṣafṣāf Massacre, 1948

00:20:55 - Hope of return to Palestine

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Arab-Israeli conflict; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Childhood memories; Expulsion from Palestine; Generations; Homeland; Hope; Martyrs; Military aircraft; Naturalization refusal; Nostalgia; Refugees; Right of return; Suffering; Treason; al-Ṣafṣāf (Palestine)