Interview with ‘Abdullāh Abū al-Hanā and Ḥūrīyah Abū al-Hanā مقابلة مع عبدالله أبو الهنا وحورية أبو الهنا

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

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Public Institutions: Madrasat al-al-Ṭanṭūrah (School).

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Keywords: Agricultural land lease; Agriculture; Childhood dreams; Children's games; Colonialism; Education; Inheritance; Mayors; Peasants; Plantations; Siblings; Socio-economic conditions; al-Ṭanṭūrah (Palestine)

00:06:13 - Socio-economic dynamics in the village

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Hindī, Dāwūd (Mayor).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Bujayrimī (Maqām).

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Keywords: Agricultural calendars; Agricultural products; British colonialism; Building practices; Dwellings; Farmers; Fishing; Foreigners; Ibrāhīm, Pasha, 1789-1848; Landowners; Property destruction; Religious belief; Social classes; Zionist occupation; al-Ṭanṭūrah (Palestine)

00:13:55 - Community life in the village

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Keywords: Antiques; Arranged marriage; Caves; Coffeehouses; Entertainment; Folk songs; Foreigners; Historic buildings; Horses; Hospitality; Intervillage relations; Islands; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Shootings; Swimming; Wedding customs; al-Ṭanṭūrah (Palestine)

00:21:17 - Military occupation and expulsion

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Hindī, Muḥammad (Martyr); al-Ṭanṭūrī, Mūsá (Landowner).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Shaykh ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Bujayrimī (Maqām).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Ammunition; Boats; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British army camps; British-Jewish relations; Checkpoints; Discriminatory measures; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Furniture; Guards; Haganah; Haifa (Palestine); Hebrew; Investigation; Jewish settlements; Kibbutzim; Killing; Land sale; Medical doctors; Mizrahi Jews; Palestine Railways; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Ports; Resistance movements; Route choices; Sephardim Jews; Village siege; Weapon acquisition; Zionist occupation; al-Ṭanṭūrah (Palestine)

00:37:43 - al-Ṭanṭūrah Massacre, 1948

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Partial Transcript: Families: Salabūd.

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Cowardice; Defense; Dwellings; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Haganah; Hiding; Homecoming; Injuries; Jerusalem Battle, 1948; Jewish immigrants; Martyrs; Mayors; Mizrahi Jews; Prisoners of war; Settler colonialism; Torture; Village occupation; War crimes; al-Ṭanṭūrah Battle, 1948; Ṭanṭūrah massacare, 1948

00:50:19 - Village occupation, displacement and exile

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Partial Transcript: Families: Ḥamdān.

Significant Figures: Abū al-Ḥanā, Faḍl (Martyr); Abū al-Hanā, Saʻūd (Prisoner); Abū al-Hanā, Ḥasan (Prisoner); Abū al-Hanā, Ḥusayn (Prisoner).

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Keywords: Ambushes; Bread; Children's games; Crimes against individuals; Family structure; Fishing; Forced evacuation; Graveyards; Hunger; Imprisonment; Injuries; Islands; Living conditions; Martyrs; Medical care; Murder; Pre-Nakba life; Rural life; Suffering; Threats; Trains; Traps; Uncles; War crimes; Weapons; Women education; al-Ṭanṭūrah Massacre, 1948

01:03:07 - Refugee life, humiliation and isolation

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Child labour; Convents; Cooking; Death; Dignity; Displacement; Economic hardship; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Fleas; Homeland; Honor; Jordan; Living conditions; Martyrs; Naturalization refusal; Nostalgia; Passing on memories; Personal belongings; Prisoners of war; Refugee aid; Refugee experience; Right of return; Routes; Suffering; Syria; Theft; Water wells; Winter; Women; Women in agriculture; Work; Zionist occupation; al-Ṭanṭūrah (Palestine)