Interview with Ibrāhīm Shḥādah مقابلة مع إبراهيم شحادة

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:16 - Mayor elections and education

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Muṣṭafá, ʻAlī (Mayor); al-Muṣṭafá, Muḥammad (Mayor); Yāzidī, Tawfīq (Governor).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Madrasat Firʻim (School); Madrasat Jāmiʻ al-Jazzār (School).

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Keywords: British police forces; British policy; Building practices; Cities and towns; Dwellings; Family structure; Farmers; Fathers; Firʻim (Palestine); Income; Qabbāʻah (Palestine); Women education

00:11:29 - Service in the British police forces

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Public Institutions: Madrasat Beisan (School).

Significant Figures: ʻAbbās, Aḥmad Nimir (Military officer); Sulaymān, Naẓmī (Military officer).

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Keywords: British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British officers; Dīwān; Education; Employment; Income; Jealousy; Military commanders; Military service; Military training; al-Jāʻūnah (Palestine)

00:26:44 - Social norms and community life

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Aḥmad, Muṣṭafá (Mayor); al- Muṣṭafá, ‘Alī (Mayor); al-Zaghmūṭ, Muḥammad Maḥmūd (Poet); al-Zaghmūṭ, Nāyif Maḥmūd (Poet); ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, Ṣāliḥ (Dentist).

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Keywords: Agricultural economics; Agricultural products; British officers; Conduct of life; Dabkah; Disputes; Dowry; Exports; Feasts; Grooms; Horses; Hospitality; Intervillage relations; Love; Marriage contracts; Marriage proposals; Medical aid; Meir, Golda, 1898-1978; Neighborhoods; Palestinian Jews; Qabbāʻah (Palestine); Safad (Palestine); Social norms; Socio-economic conditions; Trade; Traditional medical procedures; Wedding celebration; Wedding songs; Wedding traditions; Work; al-Jāʻūnah (Palestine)

00:52:00 - Palestine during the Arab revolt, 1936-1939

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻUthmān, Maḥmūd (Revolutionary); al-Salīm al-Ṣāliḥ, Maḥmūd (Revolutionary leader).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Balfour Declaration, 1917; British colonialism; British police forces; British policy; Fathers; Home demolition; Injuries; Qabbāʻah (Palestine); Syrian Government; Village siege; Weapon acquisition

01:00:01 - Zionist invasion and occupation of Palestine during 1948

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ghurayyib, Khālid (Martyr); Ghurayyib, Muḥammad (Martyr); Ghurayyib, Maḥmūd (Martyr); Salām, Ṣā’ib (Landowner).

Families: al-Qūwwatlī; al-Hrāwī; Sursuq.

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Jabal al-Bayārinah (Mountain).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Arrest; Bombardment; Border guards; Evacuation orders; Family relations; House burning; Jewish neighbors; Land brokers; Land sale; Mass graves; Medical aid; Murder; Najmat al-Ṣubuḥ (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Organizations; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Psychological warfare; Qabbāʻah (Palestine); Shootings; Terrorism; War crimes; al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964; al-Ṣafṣāf Massacre, 1948; ʻAyn al-Zaytūn Massacre, 1948

01:13:28 - Terrorism and expulsion from Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, Yūsuf (Martyr).

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Keywords: Bombardment; Brothers; Circassians; Crimes against humanity; Displacement; Farm animals; Fārah (Palestine); Home demolition; Lebanon; Mines; Qabbāʻah (Palestine); Refugee aid; Refugee experience; Return; Routes; Seeking refuge; Shootings; Smuggling; Snipers; Weapons; Zionist occupation; al-Hayb (Arab tribe); Ṣalḥah Massacre, 1948

01:39:19 - Political conditions and dates of leading events to Nakba

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Fnaysh, Sārī (Arab Salvation Army commander); Dyāb, Mūsá (Martyr); ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, Yūsuf (Martyr).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Arab Salvation Army; Arafat, Yasir, 1929-2004; Demolition; Historical events; Jordanian Army; Land deeds; Naturalization refusal; Official documents; Passing on memories; Pre-Nakba life; Prisoners of war; Safad (Palestine); Taxes; Zionist occupation; al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975; ʻAyn al-Zaytūn (Palestine)