Interview with Dyāb Muḥammad al-Sayyid مقابلة مع دياب محمد السيّد

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:13 - Education and community life

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Shawwah, Muḥammad (Teacher); ‘Awartānī, Sa‘īd (Teacher); Badr, ‘Alī (Public officerl).

Families: al-Sayyid; Wihbī; al-Ḥāj; Khalīl; al-Lūbānī.

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Jabal al-Shaykh (Mountain); Jabal al-Jarmaq (Mountain).

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Keywords: Agricultural calendars; Agricultural economics; Agricultural products; Antiquities; Caves; Childhood; Children's games; Druzes; Dwellings; Dīwān; Education; Entertainment; Family relations; Farm animals; Herbal remedies; Intervillage relations; Irrigation; Land ownership; Mayors; Mosques; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Rural life; Saʻsaʻ (Palestine); Socio-economic conditions; Traditional medical procedures; Village leaders; Weddings; Writing materials and instruments; Ẓarīf al-Ṭūl

00:29:10 - Employment during the British Mandate in Palestine

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Arab Salvation Army; Ashkenazi Jews; British police forces; Clothing and dresses; Crimes against humanity; Guards; Haganah; Irgun; Jewish Agency for Palestine; Military commanders; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Prisoners; Saʻsaʻ (Palestine); Stern; Terrorism; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Ṣalḥah Massacre, 1948

00:58:24 - Palestine during the Arab revolt, 1936-1939

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Saʻīd, Maḥmūd (Mayor); Sulaymān, Ḥasan (Prisoner); Ḥusayn, ʻAbdullāh (Prisoner); Nāṣir, ʻAlī (Prisoner); al-ʻAjamī, Kamāl (Prisoner); Abū al-Shabāb, Yūsuf (Prisoner); al-Sayyid, Khālid (Prisoner).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; British colonialism; British policy; Brutal treatment; Collaborationist; Revolutionaries; Saʻsaʻ (Palestine); Village siege; Weapons; al-Mālikīyah (Prison: Palestine)

01:09:02 - Zionist invasion of Palestine and expulsion

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Clashes; Expulsion from Palestine; Guards; Home demolition; Martyrs; Mines; Passing on memories; Refugee experience; Saʻsaʻ (Palestine); Shootings; Weapons; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948