Interview with Khalīl Bayyūk مقابلة مع خليل بيوك

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:09 - Education and childhood memories

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Private Institutions: Saint Joseph School (School).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Dayr al-Lātīn (Convent).

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Keywords: Bombardment; Children's games; Coeducational schools; Education; Entertainment; Expulsion; Family structure; Fathers; Government officials; Mines; Priests; Public schools; Punishment; Religious diversity; Skirmishes; Social classes; Teachers; Terrorism; al-Ramlah (Palestine)

00:13:29 - Social and community life

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Partial Transcript: Families: Salāmah; al-Rifāʻī; al-Sūsū; al-Kuṭṭī; Zabānī; Sallām; al-Zughalī; al-Ḥusaynī; al-Fār; al-Billī; Kishhīk.

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Keywords: Agriculture; Animal sacrifice; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Brides; Businesses; Churches; Coexistence; Dance; Grooms; Interreligious relations; Intervillage relations; Jewish settlements; Mosques; Olive trees; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Revolutionaries; Sūq; Trade; Wedding customs; al-Ramlah (Palestine); ʻĪd celebrations; Ḥinnah

00:28:06 - Political conditions and Expulsion from al-Ramlah

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Balfour Declaration, 1917; British colonialism; British policy; British-Jewish relations; Curfew; Deception; Dispersion; Displacement; Expulsion; Germans; Homeland; House raid; Idhāʻat al-Sharq al-Adná; Israeli colonization; Jordanian Army; Military withdrawal; Nostalgia; Passing on memories; Political prisoners; Psychological warfare; Return; Road blocks; Shootings; Skirmishes; Strikes; Terrorism; Theft; Truces; Vandalism; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist occupation; al-Ramlah (Palestine)