Interview with Ḥamzah Saʻīd Turkī مقابلة مع حمزة سعيد تركي

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood and daily life in Mīʻār

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Darwīsh, Ṣāliḥ (Shaykh).

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Keywords: Agricultural calendars; Agricultural products; Akka (Palestine); British colonialism; Buses; Farmers; Fathers; Jewish immigration; Land ownership; Mīʻār (Palestine); Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Qurʼānic teaching; Rural life; Sakhnīn (Palestine); Schools; Sūq; Threshing; Water wells

00:13:59 - Social and community life

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-Namārinah; al-Shaḥaydah; al-Haybah; al-Jamal; Saʻdah.

Significant Figures: al-ʻAbdullāh, Ibrāhīm (Village leader); Ḥasan al-Ṭāhā, Mirʻī (Mayor); al-Majīd, Khalīl (Poet); ʻAbd al-Hādī, Ḥusayn (Poet); al-Muḥammad, Abū Ṣāliḥ (Village leader).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Shaykh ʻAlī (Maqām); Abū al-Hayjah (Maqām); al-Shaykh Saʻīd (Maqām).

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Keywords: Agriculture; Antiquities; Bedouins; Christians; Disputes; Dwellings; Elections; Entertainment; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Interreligious relations; Intervillage relations; Jewish immigrants; Land ownership; Land sale; Marriage; Mayors; Mosques; Mīʻār (Palestine); Neighborhoods; Neighboring villages; Political parties; Population; Religious belief; Religious diversity; Vows

00:42:40 - Palestine during the Arab revolt, 1936-1939

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥusayn al-Ṭāhā, Aḥmad (Revolutionary leader); al-Ṭāhā, Muḥammad (Revolutionary); ʻAbd al-Hādī, Ḥusayn (Revolutionary); al-Afandī, ʻUmar (Revolutionary).

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Keywords: British colonialism; British-Jewish relations; Collaborationists; Jewish immigration; Mīʻār (Palestine); Road blocks; Treason

00:48:33 - Zionist invasion of Mīʻār

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Keywords: British-Jewish relations; Brutal treatment; Crimes against humanity; Mayors; Military superiority; Mīʻār (Palestine); Psychological warfare; Shaʻb (Palestine); Surrender; Terrorism; Villages; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948

00:54:48 - Expulsion from Mīʻār and hope of return

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Arab Salvation Army; Attempt at return; Demolition; Dispersion; Displacement; Family relations; Land ownership; Military withdrawal; News; Passing on memories; Permits; Routes; Seeking refuge; Smuggling; Summer; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948