Interview with Maḥmūd Aḥmad مقابلة مع محمود احمد

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Agriculture and Palestinian land sale

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Agricultural products; Akka (Palestine); Anti-Palestinian economic measures; British Army; British colonialism; Children's games; Death; Farmers; Haifa (Palestine); Home demolition; Illness; Jewish settlements; Jews; Land ownership; Land sale; Military training; Nahariya (Palestine); Safad (Palestine); Songs; Work; World War, 1939-1945; al-Manshīyah (Palestine); ʻAtābah

00:24:14 - Cultural life and Palestinian songs

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Dowry; Emotions; Fathers; Folk poetry; Guests; Invitations; Jews; Land sale; Landscapes; Manners; Marriage proposals; Means of transportation; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Socio-economic conditions; Sūq; Wedding celebration; Wedding presents; Wives; al-Manshīyah (Palestine); ʻAtābah

00:51:44 - Arabic poetry

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Keywords: Hebrew; Intervillage relations

00:56:14 - Employment in the British army

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Keywords: Escape; Fathers; Ibrāhīm, Nūḥ, 1913-1938; Intervillage relations; Jews; Marriage; Military training; Revolutionary songs; World War, 1939-1945

01:13:26 - Palestine during the Arab revolt 1936-1939

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Mirʻī, Yūsuf (Martyr).

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Keywords: Arrest; British colonialism; Clothing and dresses; Collaborationists; Escape; Fathers; House raid; Killing; Lawyers; Mines; Murder; Prisoners; Revolutionary leadership; Shootings; Village siege; al-Manshīyah (Palestine)

01:22:19 - The events leading to the expulsion from Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Kāmil, Salīm (Political leader).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Arab-Jewish relations; British colonialism; Death; Deception; Displacement; Fathers; Fidā’iyyīn; Fārūq of Egypt, 1920-1965; Haifa (Palestine); Histadrut; Jamʻiyyat al-ʻUmmāl al-ʻArabīyah al-Filasṭīnīyah; Jewish neighbors; Jewish settlements; Land partition; Martyrs; Mayors; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Peres, Shimon, 1923–2016; Prisoners; Qassām, ʻIzz al-Dīn, 1871–1935; Shootings; Ṭāhā, Sāmī, 1916-1947; Weapons; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Ḥarakat al-Qawmiyyīn al-ʻArab

01:44:24 - Zionist Invasion of Palestine

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Akka (Palestine); Arab Salvation Army; Attack; Druzes; Escape; Fathers; Guards; Haifa (Palestine); Home demolition; Identity cards; Jewish settlements; Killing; Martyrs; Military strategy; Military withdrawal; Prisoners' treatment; Radio stations; Shootings; Slaughter; Truces; Weapons; al-Difāʻ (Newspaper); ʻAtlit (Prison: Palestine)

02:05:10 - Imprisonment and killing the Palestinians

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Akka (Palestine); Arab Salvation Army; Bombings; Brutal treatment; Circassians; Crimes against humanity; Displacement; Druzes; Escape; Family structure; Friday prayers; Hebrew; International Committee of the International Committee of the Red Cross; Iraqi Army; Killing; Massacres; Pregnancies; Prisoners' treatment; Shootings; Theft; Women; Zionist occupation; al-Hayb (Arab tribe); ʻAtlit (Prison: Palestine)

02:19:34 - Revolutionary, folk, and wedding songs

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Expulsion from Palestine; Ibrāhīm, Nūḥ, 1913-1938; Military withdrawal; Qassām, ʻIzz al-Dīn, 1871-1935; Zionist occupation; al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890-1977; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975; Ḥusaynī, ʻAbd al-Qādir Mūsá, 1908-1948

02:26:50 - Reunion with the family in exile

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Brothers; Dispersion; Family reunification; Farmers; House burning; Israeli Invasion of Lebanon, 1982; Jerusalem (Palestine); Jews; Lebanon; Money; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Prisoners; Relay of memories; Wives; Work; al-Manshīyah (Palestine); ʻAtlit (Prison: Palestine)

02:46:53 - Final reflections

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Keywords: Conduct of life; Enemies; Folk songs; Honor; Palestinian national identity; Women; Women education