Interview with Muḥammad Ibrāhīm Sha‘bān مقابلة مع محمد إبراهيم شعبان

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

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Childhood dreams; Churches; Coexistance; Coexistence; Dairy products; Education; Eldest child; Farm animals; Farmers; Food; Football; Laborers; Landowners; Measurement units; Mosques; Nazareth (Palestine); Prayers; Religious diversity; Siblings; Traders; Work; al-Ṣubayḥ (Arab tribe)

00:11:22 - History of the city of Nazareth

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Private Institutions: Haifa Cigarettes Maufature (Corporation).

Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: al-Naḥāsīn (Market).

Families: Faraḥ; Nicolas; Shaʻbān; al-Ḥṭaḥūṭ; al-Fāhūm; Qaʻwār; al-Zuʻbiyyah.

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Abū al-Yatāmá (Convent).

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Keywords: Arbitration; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British colonialism; Building practices; Building stones; Churches; Coexistance; Dwellings; Dīwān; Handmade; Historic buildings; Injustice; Intervillage relations; Jewish settlements; Landowners; Mayors; Mosques; Neighborhoods; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Prisons; Professions; Quarries and quarrying; Religious practices; Settlements; Shoemakers; Socio-economic conditions; Sūq

00:33:41 - Wedding customs and traditions

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥiṭṭīnī, Abū Saʻīd (Poet).

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Keywords: Arabs; British high commissioner; Nazareth (Palestine); Political activity; Singing; Wedding celebration; Wedding songs

00:44:59 - Nazareth during the Arab revolt, 1936-1939

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Shaʻbān, ʻAbd (Revolutionary); ʻAṣfūr, Ḥannā (Lawyer).

Families: al-Fāhūm.

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Keywords: Akka (Prison: Palestine); Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arrest; Assassination; British colonialism; Clothing and dresses; Collaborationists; Courts; House raid; Machination; Prison sentences; Prisoners' treatment; Revolutionary leadership; Sūq; Torture; Vandalism; Weapons; Ḥaṭṭah

00:54:09 - Expulsion from Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Shaʻbān, ʻAlī ʻAbd (Resistance fighter).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: English Hospital (Hospital).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Armored vehicles; Arrest; Beggars; Bread; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British colonialism; Buses; Cowardice; Dispersion; Displacement; Druzes; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Family reunification; Hunger; Interrogations; Jewish settlements; Machination; Mischief; Mortars; Nazareth (Palestine); Palestinian-Jewish relations; Prisoners; Psychological warfare; Resistance; Seeking shelter; Suffering; Threats; Violation of humanitarian law; Weapons confiscation; al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890-1977