Interview with Muṣṭafá Sa‘īd ʻĪsá مقابلة مع مصطفى سعيد عيسى

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood in Qadas

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻIsá, Saʻīd Ḥasan (Village leader); Kazbar, ʻAlī Aḥmad (Village leader); Dirbāj, Muḥammad (Village leader); al-Rizq, Ḥasan (Village leader); al-Sūqīyah, ʻUqlah (Mayor).

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Keywords: Children's games; Coeducational schools; Currencies; Education; Family structure; Farmers; Teachers; Values; al-Mālikīyah (Palestine); al-Ḥamdūn (Arab tribe)

00:10:40 - Agriculture and social life in Qadas

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Mardīnī, Aḥmad (Landowner); al-Duhaynī, ʻAbdullāh (Shaykh).

Families: Manṣūr; Qaʻwār; Dirbāj; al-Sūqīyah; Qimyār.

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Nabī Shuʻayb (Maqām).

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Keywords: Agricultural calendars; Agricultural income; Agricultural products; Antiquities; British-Jewish relations; Building practices; Dwellings; Escape; Farming practices; Interreligious marriage; Intervillage relations; Jamʻiyyat al-Kaff al-Aswad; Jewish neighbors; Jews; Land registration; Land sale; Landowners; Military training; Neighboring villages; Political parties; Praying; Religious belief; Water resources; Weapon acquisition; al-Mālikīyah (Palestine); al-Ḥamdūn (Arab tribe)

00:37:17 - Cultural life and traditions

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻĪsá, Ḥasan (Doctor); Riziq, Ḥasan Khalīl (Political activist).

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Keywords: Brides; Grooms; Kidnapping; Marriage; Medical aid; Olive trees; Qadas (Palestine); Social norms; Traditional medical procedures; Wedding songs

00:46:56 - Zionist invasion of Palestine during 1948

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

Significant Figures: Nāyif, Mūsá (Martyr); al-Munawwar, Ṣaṭī (Martyr).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Bombings; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British-Jewish relations; Death; Injuries; Iraqi Army; Jewish settlements; Military aid; Military withdrawal; Police; Qadas (Palestine); Qurayb al-Sayf Battle; Resistance; Settler colonialism; Victory; Weapon acquisition; Zionist occupation; al-Ḥamdūn (Arab tribe)

01:04:06 - al-Mālikīyah Battle, 1948

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Zughayb, Muḥammad (Lebanese Army commander); Jumʻah, Mūsá (Martyr); Muṣṭafá, Yūsuf (Martyr); al-Sayyid Ḥusayn, Yūsuf (Martyr).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Bombings; Death; Druzes; Guards; Injuries; Killing; Leaving; Lebanese Army; Military aid; Military withdrawal; Qadas (Palestine); Sa‘d, Ma‘rūf, 1910-1975; Village siege; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist occupation; al-Nabī Yūshaʻ (Palestine)

01:13:14 - Expulsion from Palestine and Arab Salvation army withdrawal

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab countries; Arbitration; Attempt at return; Death; Deception; Dignity; Farm animals; Humiliation; Intervillage relations; Qadas (Palestine); Resistance; Routes; Treason; Zionist occupation; al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890-1977, Ariel, 1928-2014