Interview with Muḥammad ‘Alī Qays مقابلة مع محمد علي قيس

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - British colonization of Palestine

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Keywords: Agricultural calendars; Agricultural products; Arab tribes; Arbitration; Arranged marriage; Assassination; Blood money; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British high commissioner; British-Jewish relations; Family structure; Government officials; Home bombing; House raid; Landowners; Machination; Naḥf (Palestine); Peasants; Social norms; Village siege; Zionism

00:10:01 - Childhood memories and education

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Keywords: Agriculture; Childhood dreams; Children's games; Education; Grafting; Naḥf (Palestine); Schools; Socio-economic conditions; ʻĪd celebrations

00:19:52 - Cultural life and religious beliefs

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Shukrī, Elyas (Village leader); Nakhlah, Jamīl (Village leader).

Families: ʻAbd al-Ghanī.

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Shaykh Rabīʻ (Maqām); al-Khiḍir (Maqām).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Bi'r al-Sibāʻ (Water resource).

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Keywords: Agricultural calendars; Agricultural products; Badawī, Aḥmad, 1200?-1276; Badawīyah (Islamic sect); Building practices; Coexistance; Cultivation; Druzes; Dwellings; Education; Farming practices; Haifa (Palestine); Irrigation; Laborers; Landowners; Means of transportation; Professions; Qādirīyah (Islamic sect); Quarries and quarrying; Religious belief; Return; Rifāʻīyah (Islamic sect); Schools; Sufism; Sūq; Water resources