Interview with Aḥmad Sulaymān Aḥmad أحمد سليمان أحمد

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Social life and customs in Dayshūm

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Hādī, Muḥammad (Shaykh).

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

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Algeria; Animal slaughter; Benevolence; Building materials; Customs and traditions; Dhabīḥah; Dīwān; Education; Farmers; Graveyards; Immigration; Intervillage relations; Landowners; Mayors; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Peasants; Private schools; Public schools; Shaykhs; Weddings; ʻAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥyī al-Dīn, Amir of Mascara, 1807?-1883; ʻĪd al-Aḍḥá; ʻĪd celebrations

00:12:57 - Political dynamics in the village during the British rule

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Rabīʻ, ʻAbd al-Rahīm (Prisoner); al-Salīm, Maḥmūd (Revolutionary leader).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Assassination; British colonialism; Brutal treatment; Collaborationists; House raid; Identity cards; Imprisonment; Investigation; Jewish immigration; Revolutionaries; Rifles; Shootings; Trans-Jordan Frontier Forces; Village siege; al-Mālikīyah (Palestine)

00:21:31 - Agriculture and land ownership in Dayshūm

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Partial Transcript: Families: Nūḥ; Sulaymān; Mizyān.

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Sayl al-Ḥundāj (Water resource).

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Keywords: Agricultural calendars; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Cultivation; Farmers; Farming practices; Floods; Irrigation; Land ownership; Means of transportation; Olive oil mills; Olive trees; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Public lands; Sūq; Trade; Urban planning; ʻAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥyī al-Dīn, Amir of Mascara, 1807?-1883; ʻAlmā (Palestine)

00:30:13 - Customs and traditions

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Maḥmūd, Muḥammad (Poet); al-Maḥmūd, Nāyif (Martyr); Mizyān, al-Hādī ʻAbdullāh (Martyr).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Building materials; Disputes; Dwellings; Marriage; Medical care; Medical doctors; Murder; Nationalism; Neighborhoods; Patriotism; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Revenge; Safad (Palestine); Social relations; Socio-economic conditions; Wedding customs; al-Mālikīyah Battle, 1948

00:40:06 - Military activity and the Palestinian popular resistance

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Nūḥ, Abū ʻUmar (Martyr); Ṣāliḥ, Sa‘īd Muḥammad (Wounded).

Families: al-Mārdīnī.

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Ḥanīyah (Maqām).

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Keywords: Antiquities; Arab Salvation Army; Attack; Bedouins; Decision making; Expulsion; Graveyards; Guards; Jewish immigrants; Jewish settlements; Kibbutzim; Land sale; Mayors; Military training; Mizrahi Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Psychological warfare; Qadas (Palestine); Resistance movements; Seeking shelter; Shepherds; Trans-Jordan Frontier Forces; Village leaders; Water wells; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Harrāwī (Palestine); al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964

01:00:39 - Military occupation and the expulsion

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Shaʻbān, ʻUmar (Martyr); Abū Waddū, Ṣālih (Martyr); Ḥaddād, Saʻīd (Martyr); Ṣālih, Sa‘īd Muḥammad (Wounded).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Arab Salvation Army; Attack; Brutal treatment; Crimes against humanity; Dayshūm (Palestine); Expulsion from Palestine; Guards; Honor; Humiliation; Israeli occupation; Jewish settlements; Land expropriation; Mass murder; Military superiority; Military withdrawal; Nationalism; Nostalgia; Passing on memories; Psychological warfare; Right of return; Treason; Violation of humanitarian law; Weapons; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Ṣalḥah Massacre, 1948