Interview with Ṣāliḥ Fāyiz مقابلة مع صالح فايز

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:07 - Childhood and employment

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Jarrāḥ, Shafīq (Teacher).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Wādī al-Ṭabl (Valley); ‘Ayn al-Jūwbah (Water resource).

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Keywords: Balad al-Shaykh (Palestine); Crafts; Education; Entertainment; Factories; Food; Income; Jabal al-Karmil (Palestine); Professions; Public schools; Scouts; Work; al-Qulayṭāt (Arab tribe)

00:20:45 - Community life and beliefs

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Partial Transcript: Families: ʻAbbūdī; al-Aḥmad; al-Mashāyikh.

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Shaykh Sahel (Maqām).

Significant Figures: Sallām, Farḥān (Poet); al-Rīnāwī, Ṭawfīq (Poet); Khuraybish, Ṣāliḥ (Poet).

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Keywords: Balad al-Shaykh (Palestine); Dwellings; Folk poetry; Horseback riding; Intervillage relations; Jewish settlements; Land purchase; Mosques; Wedding Customs; al-Qulayṭāt (Arab tribe)

00:31:51 - Palestine during the Arab revolt, 1936-1939

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Kharasānī, Rashīd (Revolutionary leader); al-Manāṣfī, ʻAlī (Martyr); Yūsuf, ʻAlī (Martyr); al-Manṣūr, Yūsuf (Revolutionary leader).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arrest; Balad al-Shaykh (Palestine); British colonialism; Crimes; Death; Executions; Jewish settlements; Mines; Murder; Revolutionaries; Shepherds; Shootings; Terrorism; Village siege; al-Ṣuwayṭāt (Arab tribe)

00:51:14 - Palestinian-Jewish relations

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Keywords: Balad al-Shaykh (Palestine); Dabkah; Fasting; Jewish settlements; Mayors; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Peasant workers; Ramaḍān; Work

01:00:08 - Battles and Zionist occupation of Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Nāyif, Aḥmad (Policeman).

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Keywords: Balad al-Shaykh (Palestine); Bombings; Death; Guards; Haifa (Palestine); Murder; Seeking shelter; Shootings; Skirmishes; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist occupation; al-Jamʻīyah al-Islāmīyah; al-Qassām, ʻIzz al-Dīn, 1882-1935

01:11:26 - Expulsion from Balad al-Shaykh

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Attempt at return; Bombardment; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Conspiracy; Displacement; Druzes; Ethnic cleansing; Exile; Homeland; Jewish settlements; Jordanian Army; Nostalgia; Passing on memories; Psychological warfare; Routes; Terrorism; Weapons confiscation; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist occupation