Interview with Maḥmūd Ka‘wash مقابلة مع محمود كعوش

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

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Maḥmūd, Muḥammad (Poet).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Masjid al-Aqṣá (Mosque); Kanīsat al-Qiyāmah(Church).

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Keywords: Adventures; Alcoholic beverages; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Birds; Boarding schools; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British colonialism; Celebrations; Churches; Cinemas; Clothing and dresses; Coffeehouses; Cost of living; Education; Entertainment; Hunting; Income; Mayrūn (Palestine); Means of transportation; Mischief; Musicians; Palestine Broadcasting Service; Police stations; Prayers; Schools; Shaykhs; Siblings; Singing; Tel Aviv (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Traditional medicinal products; Wedding celebration; ʻAtābā

00:21:50 - Employment in the police during the British rule

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Keywords: Arabic language; Armed patrols; British high commissioner; British officers; British police forces; Clothing and dresses; Conduct of life; Guards; Income; Police stations; Pre-Nakba life; Safad (Palestine)

00:30:49 - Socio-economic dynamics in the village

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Ṣiddīq (Maqām).

Significant Figures: Maḥmūd, Muḥammad (Poet).

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Agricultural land lease; Agricultural products; Anti-Palestinian economic measures; British policy; Brutal treatment; Crops; Currencies; Dabkah; Dietary practices; Discrimination practices; Farm animals; Fire; Intervillage relations; Jews; Means of transportation; Olive trees; Peasants; Permits; Religious belief; Self-sufficiency; Socio-economic conditions; Sūq; Tobacco trade; Torah; Trade; Vows; Wedding celebration; Wood; ʻAtābah; Ṣandūq al-Furjah

00:51:49 - Palestine during 1947-1948

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Ṣddiq (Maqām).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Egged Bus Company (Corporation).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Armored vehicles; Arrest; Bribery; Chaos; Displacement; Disputes; Expulsion from Palestine; Friendship; Guards; Haganah; Honor; Imprisonment; Jewish neighbors; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Police; Prisoners' treatment; Resistance movements; Safad (Palestine); Snipers; Vehicle drivers; Water resources; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948

01:10:34 - Expulsion from Palestine

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Armed patrols; Attempt at return; Bombardment; British colonialism; Brutal treatment; Childbirth; Collaborationists; Crimes against individuals; Death; Druzes; Expulsion from Palestine; Generations; Grandmothers; Guards; Homeland; Hunting; Jews; Lebanon; Midwives; Military superiority; Nostalgia; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Psychological warfare; Refugee camps conditions; Resistance; Seeking shelter; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948