Interview with Ḥasan Jamāl al-Ḥusaynī مقابلة مع حسن جمال الحسيني

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:08 - Childhood memories in Jerusalem

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-ʻAlamī, Fayḍī (Mayor).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Madrasat al-Rawḍah (School).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Masjid al-Ṣakhrah (Mosque); Masjid al-Aqṣá (Mosque).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Beirut; Boarding schools; British colonialism; Cost of living; Dwellings; Family structure; House raid; Jerusalem (Palestine); Languages; Lebanese; Prayers; Priests; Ramaḍān; Religious practices; Return; Settler colonialism; Students; al-Qassām, ʻIzz al-Dīn, 1882-1935; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975; al-Ḥusaynī, Jamāl, 1893-1982

00:10:58 - Palestinian-Jewish relations in pre Nakba Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Private Institutions: St.

George's School (School); Salesian School (School); al-Mustashfá al-Faransī (Hospital).

Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Edison Cinema (Cinema).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al Maskūbīyah church (Church).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Book reviews; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Checkpoints; Churches; Coexistence; Entertainment; Hatred; Hebrew; Inheritance; Intelligence services; Jewish national identity; Jewish settlements; Milk kinship; Mischief; Mizrahi Jews; Music; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Settler colonialism; Sharfāt (Palestine); Social classes; Sports; Synagogues; The Palestine Symphony Orchestra; Young Men's Christian Association; Zionism; Zionist lobby; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975; al-Ḥusaynī, Jamāl, 1893-1982; Ḥusaynī, ʻAbd al-Qādir Mūsá, 1908-1948

00:27:49 - Revisiting Jerusalem

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Keywords: Beirut; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British occupation; Disputes; Economic hardship; Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia, 1906-1975; General amnesty; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945; Iran; Jewish immigration; Khālidī, Ḥusayn Ramaḍān, 1887-1959; Land sale; Nashashibi, Ragheb, 1882-1951; Partition plan, 1947; Return; Smuggling; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972; United Nations; Yugoslavs; Zionist occupation; Zionist propaganda; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975; al-Ḥusaynī, Jamāl, 1893-1982; Ḥusaynī, ʻAbd al-Qādir Mūsá, 1908-1948