Interview with Nūḥ ‘Aṭīyah Ḥassān مقابلة مع نوح عطيّة حسن

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:04 - Childhood and farming

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Agricultural products; Anti-Palestinian economic measures; British policy; Children's games; Dwellings; Education; Farm animals; Hospitality; Intervillage relations; Prayers for rain; Public schools; Rural life; Siblings; Sūq; Weddings; al-Nāʻimah (Palestine)

00:11:52 - Conduct of life and land ownership

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Partial Transcript: Families: Daḥwīsh; Ṣughayar; Mashāghfī; al-ʻᾹbsiyah; al-Ḥijāj; al-Dawāydī; al-Nahāylī; Ḥasan; al-Khārbī.

Significant Figures: Dyāb, Milḥim (Landowner); al-Khūrī, Saʻīd (Landowner).

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Keywords: Anti-Palestinian economic measures; Buses; Documents; Ḥuṣṣ, Salīm 1929-; Interreligious relations; Land deeds; Land sale; Landowners; Lebanese Government; Means of transportation; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Safad (Palestine); Socio-economic conditions; al-Nāʻimah (Palestine)

00:25:48 - Cultural life and traditions

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Maḥmūd, Saʻd (Midwife).

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Keywords: Arbitration; Customs and traditions; Dhabīḥah; Disputes; Elopement; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Harvesting time; Herbal remedies; Hospitality; Intervillage relations; Jewish settlements; Kidnapping; Mayors; Shepherds; Tattoos; Theft; Traditional medical procedures; Wedding presents; Wedding traditions; al-Nāʻimah (Palestine); ʻĪd celebrations

00:54:37 - Social life and entertainment

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Keywords: Arbitration; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Coffeehouses; Dietary practices; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Respect; Rural life; al-Khāliṣah (Palestine); al-Nāʻimah (Palestine)

01:03:32 - Palestinian relations with Jewish settlers

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Keywords: Farming practices; Fishing; Military training; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Settler colonialism; Weapon acquisition; al-Nāʻimah (Palestine); Ḥizb al-Najjādah

01:14:36 - Zionist invasion and occupation of Palestinian villages

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Keywords: Ambushes; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; Battles; British-Jewish relations; Death; Displacement; European Jewish Immigration; Expulsion; Guards; Haganah; Helpfulness; Home demolition; Massacres; Military training; Psychological warfare; Shootings; State of Israel; Weapon acquisition; al-Khiṣāṣ (Palestine); Ḥizb al-Najjādah

01:34:54 - Expulsion from Palestine

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Keywords: Displacement; Emotions; Farm animals; Home demolition; Lebanon; Palestinian Jews; Passing on memories; Refugee aid; Return; Routes; Syrian Army; Theft; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-ʻAbsīyah (Palestine); al-Ṭayibah (Palestine)

01:54:02 - Life in exile and hope of return

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Keywords: Food; Palestinian diaspora; Palestinian national identity; Refugee experience