Interview with ‘Ursān al-Ḥmayyid مقابلة مع عرسان الحميد

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Nakhlah, Naṣrī (School principal); ʻAbd al-Rahmān, Muḥammad (Teacher); al-Khalīl, Muḥammad (Teacher); Jawhar, Muḥammad (Teacher).

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

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Keywords: Druzes; Farmers; Fathers; Lūbyā (Palestine); Public schools; Religious belief; Socio-economic conditions; Ḥiṭṭīn (Palestine)

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Anti-Palestinian economic measures; Border guards; British Army; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Farming practices; Fathers; Military training

Partial Transcript: Families: al-ʻAṭawāt; al-Shahaybah; Ḥajājiwah; ʻAjaynah; al-Fuqarāʼ.

Significant Figures: Abū Duhays, Ḥasan (Village leader); al-ʼAlī, Fawwāz (Village leader); al-ʼAbd, Khalīl (Mayor).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Fuqarāʼ (Maqām).

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Keywords: Building practices; Farmers; Folk poetry; Hospitality; Jewish settlements; Lūbyā (Palestine); Mosques; Nazareth (Palestine); Neighborhoods; Neighboring villages; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Population; Prayers for rain; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Professions; Religious belief; Revolutionary songs; Sūq; Tiberias (Palestine); Traders; Wedding celebration; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Manṣūr, Ibrāhīm (Martyr); Dawwās, ʻᾹrif Muḥammad (Martyr).

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Keywords: Battles; Bombings; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Displacement; Guards; Haganah; Jewish settlements; Military strategy; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Road blocks; Tiberias (Palestine)

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū Duhays, Muṣṭafá (Village leader); al-Ḥūrān, Aḥmad (Resistance fighter).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Armored vehicles; Bombings; Death; Economic conditions; Guards; House burning; Jewish settlements; Lūbyā Battle, 1947; Military strategy; Neighborhoods; Retreat; Seeking shelter; Shootings; Victory; Village siege; Weapon acquisition

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Armored vehicles; Bombings; Expulsion from Palestine; Guards; Jewish settlements; Lūbyā (Palestine); Mines; Return; Villagers; Weapons confiscation; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Shajarah (Palestine); Ṣaffurīyah (Palestine)

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū D'hays, Muṣṭafá (Village leader).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Armed resistance; Bombings; Displacement; Expulsion; Hardship; Jews; Lebanon; Lūbyā (Palestine); Means of transportation; Refugee experience; Routes; Weapons; Zionist occupation