Interview with Yūsuf Salīm Ḥasan مقابلة مع يوسف سليم حسن

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

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻAwdah, Muḥammad ʻAlī (School principal).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Madrasat Ṣalḥah (School).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Dwellings; Education; Farmers; Intervillage relations; Manners; Qurʼānic teaching; Schools; Siblings; Women education; Ṣalḥah (Palestine)

00:06:28 - Social life and traditions in Ṣalḥah

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Partial Transcript: Families: ʻUmar, ʻAwn, ʻUthmān.

Significant Figures: Shiblī, Nimir (Mayor); Sharārah, Muḥsin (Shaykh).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Nabī Yūshaʻ (Maqām).

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Agricultural products; Arbitration; Brides; Commerce; Dabkah; Farm animals; Harvesting time; Horse racing; Hospitality; Intervillage relations; Landowners; Means of transportation; Mourning; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Peasants; Poets; Pre-Nakba life; Religious belief; Religious ceremonies; Socio-economic conditions; Sūq; Traders; Water resources; Wedding customs; Zionists; ʻĪd celebrations

00:21:04 - Political turmoil and resistance

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; Arrest; Battles; British army camps; British colonialism; Commerce; Imprisonment; Interpersonal relations; Jewish settlements; Massacres; Military training; Neighboring villages; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Radio stations; Resistance; Revolutionary leadership; Village siege; Weapon acquisition; Weapons

00:33:49 - Ṣalḥah Massacre, 1948

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Qaranfal, Ḥusyan (Martyr); Salāmah, Ismāʻīl (Martyr); Salāmah, Naʻīm (Martyr); al-Shiblī, Muḥammad ʻAlī (Martyr); al-ʻAbd Ṭāhir, Kāmil (Martyr); Muṣṭafá, Naʻīm (Martyr); al-Ḥāj Ismāʻīl, ʻAbd (Martyr);

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Keywords: Armed patrols; Battles; Expulsion from Palestine; Forced migration; Mass graves; Mayors; Mosques; Violation of humanitarian law; War crimes; Weather; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Ṣalḥah Massacre, 1948

00:47:07 - Military occupation and exile

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Crops; Demolition; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Homeland; Mass graves; Seeking refuge; Settler colonialism; Suffering; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948

00:52:33 - Land, refugees and right of return

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Keywords: Arab countries; Colonialism; Conspiracy; Expulsion from Palestine; Faith; Homeland; Hope; Muḥammad, Prophet, 571-633; Naturalization; Nostalgia; Palestinian resistance; Palestinian unity; Patriotism; Qurʼān recitation; Refugee experience; Refugees; Right of return; Rulers; Sacred places; Terrorism; Ummah; Ummah (Islam)