Interview with Aḥmad Ḥusayn al-‘Alī مقابلة مع أحمد حسين العلي

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥāj Yāsīn, ʻAlī (School principal); al-Rumayiẓ, Jumʻah (Teacher); al-Fandī, Maḥmūd (Teacher); al-Zaghmūt, Kāmil (Teacher); ʻArrābī, Maḥmūd (School principal).

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Keywords: Children's games; Farm animals; Farmers; Intervillage relations; Living conditions; Qurʼānic teaching; Schools; Shepherds; Siblings; Village leaders; Weddings

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Yūsuf, Kāmil al-Ḥusayn (Village leader).

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

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Agricultural products; British officers; Dairy products; Farm animals; Farming practices; Imports; Landowners; Living conditions; Mayors; Means of transportation; Neighboring villages; Police; Population; Religious diversity; Shepherds; Trade; Water resources; al-Khāliṣah (Palestine)

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Yūsuf, Kāmil al-Ḥusayn (Village leader); al-Ḥamīd, ‘Abdullāh (Shaykh).

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Keywords: Arbitration; Arranged marriage; Childbirth; Circumcision; Clans; Communal celebrations; Dabkah; Death; Dhabīḥah; Dietary practices; Dwellings; Feasts; Hospitality; Hospitals; Infirmaries; Interpersonal relations; Intervillage relations; Invitations; Marriage proposals; Medical doctors; Midwives; Mihbāj; Revenge; Social norms; Socio-economic conditions; Wedding customs; Zaffah; ʻĪd al-Aḍḥá

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥusayn Yūsuf, Kāmil (Village leader); al-Hamādah, Muḥammad (Mayor).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Dietary practices; Entertainment; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Marriage proposals; Poets; Radio stations; Village leaders; Weapons; ʻAtābā

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Marzūq, Mūsá Jumʻah (Revolutionary); Zahrah, Muḥammad (Revolutionary); al-Shaykh Mūsá, Muḥammad (Revolutionary).

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Keywords: Ambushes; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Balfour Declaration, 1917; British colonialism; Guards; Military withdrawal; Police stations; Revolutionaries; Rifles; Shootings; Village leaders; Zionists

Partial Transcript: Families: Sursuq.

Significant Figures: Murshid, Qāsim (Martyr).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Bridges; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British colonialism; British-Jewish relations; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Expulsion from Palestine; Guards; Haganah; Home bombing; Jewish immigrants; Land sale; Military superiority; Mortars; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Pamphlets; Police; Police stations; Radio stations; Terrorism; Weapons; Zionist propaganda; al-Khāliṣah (Palestine); al-Ḥusaynīyah Massacre, 1948

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-ʻĪsá, Maryam (Martyr); Mirʻī, ʻAlī (Martyr).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Border cities and towns; Childbirth; Collaborationists; Defense; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Home bombing; Israeli Army (IDF); Jewish settlements; Murder; Neighboring villages; Refugee experience; Return; Seeking refuge; Tanks; Village leaders; Weather; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist occupation

Partial Transcript: Landmarks - Lakes, River: ‘Ayn al-Dhahab (Water resources)

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Keywords: Collaborationists; Displacement; Distress; Expulsion from Palestine; Homeland; Hope; Injuries; Israeli colonization; Land deeds; Leaders; Martyrs; Mosques; Murder; Naturalization refusal; Palestinian diaspora; Passing on memories; Patriotism; Pre-Nakba life; Refugee camps; Return; Routes; Spring; Tal al-Zaʻtar Battle, 1976; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; al-Khāliṣah (Palestine)