Interview with Ṣāliḥ Maḥmud Muḥammad مقابلة مع صالح محمود محمد

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

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-ʻAnabtāwī, ʻAlī (Teacher); al-Ḥāj, Jirjis (School principal).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Madrasat Shafā ʻAmrū (School).

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Keywords: Agricultural land lease; Building practices; Coexistence; Conduct of life; Dwellings; Education; Family structure; Land rent; Religious diversity; Shafā ʻAmrū (Palestine); Siblings; Students

00:05:28 - Ceremonies and community traditions in the village

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ḥamādah, Muḥammad (Mayor); al-Ḥallāq, Jabbūr (Mayor); Dyāb, Muwaffaq (Doctor).

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Keywords: Churches; Coexistence; Druzes; Employment; Hospitality; Income; Interreligious relations; Intervillage relations; Medical aid; Medical care; Mosques; Municipalities; Police; Police stations; Shafā ʻAmrū (Palestine); Traditional medical procedures; Wedding customs

00:13:30 - Political activity during the British Mandate

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arrest; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British colonialism; Collaborationists; Means of transportation; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Political prisoners; Revolutionaries; Village siege

00:18:35 - Zionist invasion of Palestine, 1948

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Bramskī, Hārūn (Landowner); al-Ṣaffūrī, Abū Maḥmūd (Resistance leader).

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Agricultural land lease; Arab Salvation Army; British policy; British-Jewish relations; Coexistence; Displacement; Guards; Intervillage relations; Iraqi Army; Jaysh Abū Maḥmūd; Jewish settlements; Machination; Orchards; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Relief; Resistance movements; Shafā ʻAmrū (Palestine); Shafā ʻAmrū Battle, 1947; Trade; Weapon acquisition; al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890-1977

00:28:54 - Expulsion from Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures:al-Sājir, Jamīl (Martyr).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Displacement; Economic hardship; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Generations; Martyrs; Means of transportation; Murder; Nakba; Passing on memories; Propaganda; Refugee experience; Religious diversity; Return; Routes; Seeking shelter; Shafā ʻAmrū (Palestine); Suffering; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist occupation