Interview with Ratībah al-Maṣrī and Aḥmad Maṭar مقابلة مع رتيبة المصري و أحمد مطر

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Social and political conditions during the Zionist occupation of Naḥf

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Keywords: Dietary practices; Family structure; Homeland; Mosques; Prayers; Professions; Ramaḍān; Refugee experience; Regret; Rural life; Schools; Siblings; Socio-economic conditions; Trade; Water resources; Women education; Zionist occupation

00:08:20 - Expulsion from Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Yūsuf al-Ṭāhā, Maṭar (Martyr); ʻAbd al-Salām, Muḥammad (Martyr); Dāhish, Jabr (Leader).

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Keywords: Absentee property laws; Arab Salvation Army; Bread; British Army; British colonialism; Discriminatory measures; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Forced evacuation; Hiding; Home bombing; Homeland; House raid; Identity cards; Israeli colonization; Land appropriation; Marriage; Mass murder; Mayors; Naturalization refusal; Naḥf (Palestine); Nostalgia; Olive trees; Orchards; Right of return; Routes; Seeking shelter; Smuggling; Suffering; Vandalism; War crimes; Zionist occupation

00:24:43 - Military occupation of Naḥf

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Dūkhī, Muḥammad (Resistance fighter); ʻAbd al-Ghanī, Ḥamad (Mayor).

Families: ʻAbbās.

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Bombings; Expulsion from Palestine; Murder; Olive trees; Psychological warfare; Routes; Tear gas; Terrorism; Threats; Village leaders; War crimes; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948

00:33:28 - Violence, battles and resistance

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Keywords: Attempt at return; Checkpoints; Collaborationists; Dispersion; Dwellings; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Family reunification; Generations; Homeland; Humiliation; Identity cards; Mayors; Medical care; Mizrahi Jews; Naḥf (Palestine); Neighboring villages; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Permits; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Psychological warfare; Radio stations; Refugee aid; Resistance movements; Right of return; Seeking shelter; Smuggling; Socio-economic conditions; Suffering; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Village occupation; Weapons confiscation; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Layyāt Battle, 1936

00:57:05 - Military service in Arab Salvation Army

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ṣubḥīyah, Aḥmad (Resistance fighter); Khashshān, Muḥammad (Resistance fighter); Shanāʻah, Aḥmad ʻAlī (Resistance fighter); Ḥamādah, ʻAbdullāh (Resistance fighter).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Agricultural products; Arab Salvation Army; Collaborationists; Expulsion from Palestine; Guards; Military orders; Military training; Military withdrawal; Naḥf (Palestine); Peasants; Volunteers; al-Birwah Battle, 1948; al-Tall, Waṣfī, 1919-1971

01:06:10 - Revisiting Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Khashshān, Muḥammad (Resistance fighter).

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Keywords: Akka (Prison: Palestine); Arrest; Captivity; Dispersion; Expulsion from Palestine; Generations; Hiding; Investigation; Israeli occupation; Lebanon; Marriage; Naturalization refusal; Naḥf (Palestine); Permits; Police; Prisoners' treatment; Routes; Socio-economic conditions; al-Jāmiʻah al-ʻArabīyah; al-Rashīdīyah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon)