Interview with Nicolas ‘Abdū Ziyādah مقابلة مع نيكولاس عبدو زيادة

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:20 - Family history and early life in Damascus

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Private Institutions: Dār al-Aytām al-Sūrīyah (School).

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Keywords: Christians; Dietary practices; Employment; Fathers; Hospitals; Jerusalem (Palestine); Migration; Mothers; Orphans; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Priests; Siblings; Trains; World War, 1914-1918

00:20:02 - Early life in Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Khālidī, Adīb (Muftī).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Dār al-Muʻalimīn (School).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: al-Mustashfá al-ʻAskarī al-Almānī (Hospital).

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Keywords: British occupation; Christians; Death; Dietary practices; Education; Employment; Family structure; Jenin (Palestine); Mayors; Nazareth (Palestine); Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Population; Reading; Religious belief; Schools; Totah, Khalil, 1886-1955; World War, 1914-1918

00:47:39 - Education in Jerusalem

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Muqdādī, Darwīsh (School principal); Shiḥādah, Būlus (Journalist); Ḥaddād, Ilyās Naṣr Allāh (Teacher).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Dār al-Muʻalimīn (School).

Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions:Cinema al-Quds al-Kabīr (Cinema).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: al-Maktabah al-Khālidīyah (Library); Schneller School (School); Schmidt School (School).

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Keywords: Balfour Declaration, 1917; Boarding schools; Jewish immigration; Mirʼāt al-Sharq (Newspaper); Neighborhoods; Palestinian Orthodox Clubs; Settler colonialism; Totah, Khalil, 1886-1955

01:06:27 - Employment in Akka

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Shuqayrī, Asʻad (Shaykh); Mukhliṣ, ʻAbdullāh (Historian); al-Saʻdī, ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ (Mayor).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Maktabat Filaṣtīn al-ʻIlmīyah (Bookstore).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Dār al-Muʻalimīn (School).

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Keywords: Antiquities; Balfour Declaration, 1917; Christians; Employment; Experience; Friendship; Jerusalem (Palestine); Jewish Agency; Jewish national home; Neighborhoods; Palestinian Orthodox Clubs; Population; Religious belief; Slogans; Social norms; Tarshīḥā (Palestine)

01:23:17 - Receiving educational grant and traveling to London

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Farrel, Jerome (Public officer); al-Fāhūm, Badr (Buisnessman).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Death; Employment; Jabrā, Jabrā Ibrāhīm; Jerusalem (Palestine); Languages; Mothers; Ships; Siblings; Social norms

01:50:18 - Educational experience at London University

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Culture; Elections; Entertainment; Germany; Languages; Political parties; Social norms; Students; Teachers

02:11:16 - Cultural experience in Germany

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); British Government; Education; Farmers; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945; Jerusalem (Palestine); Languages; Manners; Means of transportation; Nazism; Social duties; Teachers; Totah, Khalil, 1886-1955; Uncles

02:40:09 - London Roundtable Conference, 1939

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Manṣūr, George (Communist).

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Keywords: British Government; Customs; Egypt; Fayṣal, King of Saudi Arabia, 1906-1975; Jamʻīyat al-Ṭullāb al-ʻArab fī Barīṭānyā; Katāʼib ʻIzz al-Dīn al-Qassām; Land sale; Māhir, ʻAlī, 1881-1960; Political activity; Strikes; Trains; Travel; Ṭannūs, ʻIzzat, 1896-; Zayd ibn al-Ḥusayn, Prince of Hejaz, 1898-1970; al-Qassām, ʻIzz al-Dīn, 1882-1935; al-Ṣaʻīd, Nūrī, 1888-1958

03:08:12 - Schools and colleges in Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Hūrānī, George (Writer); ‘Arafāt, Ḥasan (School principal).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: al-Kullīyah al-Rashīdīyah (College); Idārat al-Ma‘ārif (Ministry); al-Kullīyah al-‘Arabīyah (College); Wizātrat al-Musta‘marāt (Ministry).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Mrs Robertson School (School); al-Najāḥ School (School); Rawḍat al-Ma‘ārif (School); Frères School (School).

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Keywords: British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British policy; British-Jewish relations; Cities and towns; Discrimination practices; Discriminatory measures; Education; Employment; Ḥusaynī, ʻAbd al-Laṭīf; Jewish Agency; Private schools; Public schools; Sakākīnī, Khalīl, 1878-1953; Students; Villages; World War, 1914-1918

03:21:51 - United Nation and the Palestinian cause

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Haycraft, Thomas (Chief Justice).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: al-Kullīyah al-Rashīdīyah (College); al-Kullīyah al-‘Arabīyah (College).

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Keywords: Ashkenazi Jews; Balfour Declaration, 1917; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British White Paper, 1939; British high commissioner; British policy; British-Jewish relations; Demographics; Discriminatory measures; French Mandate of Syria and Lebanon, 1923-1943; Governors; Hebrew; Jerusalem (Palestine); Jewish Agency for Palestine; Jewish immigrants; Jewish national home; Languages; Lebanon; London Roundtable Conference, 1939; Palestine Royal Commission; Partition plan, 1947; Ports; Prisoners; Prisoners' treatment; Return; Ships; State of Israel; Syria; Ṭannūs, ʻIzzat, 1896-; Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952; World War, 1939-1945

03:36:57 - Arab armies and Israeli occupation

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Private Institutions: American University of Beirut (University).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Arab countries; Armies intervention; Beirut (Lebanon); Book reviews; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Caliphs; Culture; Damaged Weapons; Egyptian Army; Exile; Fārūq of Egypt, 1920-1965; Gaza (Palestine); Glubb, John Bagot, Sir, 1897-1986; Husayn Ibn Ali, King of Hejaz, 1853?-1931; Iraqi Army; Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949; Janāḥ, Muḥammad ‘Alī, 1876-1948; Jewish settlements; Jordanian Army; Land partition; Protests; State of Israel; Students; Syrian Army; Truces; Victory; Weapons; Zionist occupation; Zurayq, Qusṭanṭīn, 1909-2000; al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964

03:53:18 - Intellectual life in Jerusalem

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Khalīfah, Aḥmad (Public officer); Yāsīn, ‘Abd al-Ḥamīd (News presenter); al-Ghuṣayn, Muḥammad (Radio presenter).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Cliff Hotel (Hotel).

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Keywords: Arab nationalism; Book reviews; British Army; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Childhood memories; Cities and towns; Culture; Governmental institutions; Ḥusaynī, Isḥāq Mūsá, 1904-1990; Idhāʻat al-Quds; Idhāʻat al-Sharq al-Adná; Income; Jenin (Palestine); News; Palestine Broadcasting Service; Palestine Post (Post office); Palestinian-Jewish relations; Ṭūqān, Ibrāhīm ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ, 1905-1941; Women socio-economic role; Zionist colonization; Zurayq, Qusṭanṭīn, 1909-2000; ʻAdnānī, Muḥammad, 1903-1981

04:14:41 - Working in Arabic Radio stations

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: University of Cambridge (University); al-Kullīyah al-ʻArabīyah (College).

Significant Figures: al-Ghuṣayn, Muḥammad (Radio presenter); Shammā, Munīr (Radio presenter); al-Khālidī, Aḥmad Sāmih (College director).

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Keywords: Arab civilization; Arab countries; Book reviews; Culture; Cyprus; Ḥakīm, Tawfīq, 1898-1987; Idhāʻat al-Hind; Idhāʻat al-Sharq al-Adná; Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949; Ships; al-Idhāʻat al-Barīṭānīyah al-ʻArabīyah

04:28:19 - Arabic Radio stations

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ḥasan, Ḥasan Ibrāhīm (Historian); al-Saqqāf, Aḥmad (Public officer).

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Keywords: British Army; British Broadcasting Corporation; Ḥusayn, Ṭāhā, 1889-1973; Idhāʻat al-Sharq al-Adná; Palestine Broadcasting Service; Poets; Ṭūqān, Ibrāhīm ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ, 1905-1941

04:39:08 - Intellectual life in Palestine and exile

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻĀkif, Aḥmad Zakī (Chemist); al-ʻAskarī, Sulaymān (Editor in Chief); Baydas, Muḥammad (School principal); Jubrān, Būlus (Teacher); Shrayḥ, Fahd (Mayor); al-Tāzī, ʻAbd al-Hādī (Writer).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Dār al-Mu‘allimīn (School).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Book reviews; Cities and towns; Education; Government officials; Interpersonal relations; Magazines; Saqqāf, Aḥmad; Schools; Strikes; Ṣarrūf, Fuʼād, 1900-1985; Tarshīḥā (Palestine); Women education; al-ʻArabī (Magazine)

04:57:29 - Study and teaching in Palestine during the British Mandate

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Jār Allāh, Ḥusam al-Dīn (Muftī); al-Ṣīdāwī, Anīs (School principal).

Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Naṣṣār Hotel (Hotel).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: al-Madrasah al-Dustūrīyah (School)..

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Idārat al-Maʻārif (Ministry).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Arabic language; Book reviews; Catholic Orthodox Clubs; Education; Government officials; Income; Interpersonal relations; Nashāshībī, Muḥammad Isʻāf; Sakākīnī, Khalīl, 1878-1953; Teachers; al-Mustaqbal (Newspaper); al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975

05:13:05 - Renaissance of Palestine and Arab countries

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Saʻīd, Būlus (Bookstore owner); ʻAṭallāh, ʻĪsá (School principal); Khamīs, Georges (Teacher); Ḥaddād, Iskandar (Priest); Ḥūrānī, Georges (Professor).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Dār al-Muʻallimīn (School).

Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Maktabat Filasṭīn al-ʻIlmīyah (Bookstore); al-Kullīyah al-Rashīdīyah (College); al-Kullīyah al-‘Arabīyah (College); Bristol cafe (Coffeehouse).

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Keywords: Antiquities; Arslān, ʻĀdil, 1887-1954; Baydas, Khalīl; Culture; Fatḥ; Haykal, Yūsuf; Ḥusaynī, Isḥāq Mūsá; Interpersonal relations; Khālidī, Aḥmad Sāmiḥ, 1896-1951; Khūrī, Iskandar; Loans; Magazines; Newspapers; Palestinian Orthodox Clubs; Reading; Sakākīnī, Khalīl, 1878-1953; Totah, Khalil, 1886-1955; Ṭūqān, Qadrī Ḥāfiẓ, 1910-1971; Young Men's Christian Association; al-Nādī al-ʻArabī

05:30:12 - Culture and politics in the Arab world

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ziyādah, Muṣṭafá (Author); Ḥasan, Ḥasan Muḥammad (Historian); al-Zayyāt, Aḥmad Ḥasan (Editor in chief).

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Keywords: Amīn, Aḥmad, 1886-1954.; Fāris, Bishr; Historical events; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945; Ḥizb al-Ḥurr al-Dustūrī al-Tūnisī; Interpersonal relations; Namir, Rifʻat Ṣidqī; Ṣarrūf, Fuʼād, 1900-1985; al-Muqtaṭaf (Magazine); al-Risālah (Magazine); al-Ḥizb al-Sūrī al-Qawmī al-Ijtimāʻī; ʻAwaḍ, ʻAwaḍ Muḥammad; ʻUbayd, Makram; Ḥizb al-Wafd

05:42:25 - The meeting with the president Bashār al-Assad

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-‘Alī, Ṣaliḥ (Professor).

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Keywords: Arab civilization; Arab countries; Arab nationalism; Arab-Israeli Conflict; Arafat, Yasir, 1929-2004; Assad, Bashār, 1965-; Balfour Declaration, 1917; Book reviews; Damascus (Syria); Dūrī, ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz, 1919-2010; Historical events; Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988; Iraq; Jabrā, Jabrā Ibrāhīm; Jewish national home; Land appropriation; Land ownership; Land sale; Leaders; Nakba; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Palestinian Government; Palestinian unity; Partition plan, 1947; Samuel, Herbert Louis Samuel, Viscount, 1870-1963; Settler colonialism; State of Israel; Travel; al-Jamālī, Muḥammad Fādil, 1903-1997; al-Majlis al-Islāmī al-Aʻlá; al-Nādī al-ʻArabī; ‘Abd el-Ḥamīd II, Sulṭān of the Turks, 1842-1918