Interview with ‘Abdullāh Ḥusayn مقابلة مع عبدالله حسين

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Keywords: Children's games; Education; Fathers; Firʻim (Palestine); Peasants; Schools; Siblings

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

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Armed patrols; Barbers; Bethlehem (Palestine); British Army; Crops; Education; Germany; Hebrew; Identity cards; Income; Jewish settlements; Languages; Military training; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Police; Professions; Socio-economic conditions; Trade; Volunteering; World War, 1939-1945

Partial Transcript: Families: al-Ḍāhir; ʻAbd al-Karīm; Yūnus; al-Ḥāj; al-Biqāʻī; Ḥusayn.

Significant Figures: al-Khaṭīb, Qāsim (Landowner); al-Khaṭīb, Ibrāhīm (Landowner); Yūnus, Muṣṭafá ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm (Mayor); ʻAbd al-Karīm, ʻAwaḍ (Village leader); al-Qādirī, Aḥamd (Village leader); al-Biqāʻī, Muḥammad (Village leader).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Munṭār (Maqām); Jib Yūsuf (Maqām); al-Nabī Nūḥ (Maqām).

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Keywords: Arbitration; Caves; Construction workers; Customs and traditions; Dietary practices; Dwellings; Farming practices; Honor; Intervillage relations; Kūfīyah; Landowners; Mayors; Means of transportation; Mosques; Neighboring villages; Olive trees; Police; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Punishment; Religious ceremonies; Self-sufficiency; Social classes; Socio-economic conditions; Sūq

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Arranged marriage; Brides; Dairy products; Dowry; Engagement; Grooms; Hospitality; Invitations; Mughr al-Khayṭ (Palestine); Political parties; Spring; Wedding customs; Wedding presents

Partial Transcript: Families: Yūnus.

Significant Figures: Ḥusayn, ʻAbd al-Ghanī (Revolutionary); Yūnus, Fayyād (Revolutionary).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; British colonialism; British policy; Discriminatory measures; House raid; Mughr al-Khayṭ (Palestine); Revolutionaries; Revolutionary leadership; Vandalism; Village siege; al-Aṣbaḥ, ‘Abdullāh, 1910-1938

Partial Transcript: Families: Sursuq.

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Keywords: Ambushes; Ammunition; Armored vehicles; Assault; British-Jewish relations; Coexistence; Guards; Jewish immigrants; Jewish settlements; Land purchase; Land sale; Massacres; Means of transportation; Media; Minorities; Mughr al-Khayṭ (Palestine); Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Police stations; Resistance movements; Rifles; Settler colonialism; Ships; Weapons

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Keywords: Bombardment; Border cities and towns; British-Jewish relations; Broken promises; Destruction; Expulsion from Palestine; Family relations; Hope; Injuries; Jordanian Army; Martyrs; Mortars; Mughr al-Khayṭ (Palestine); Nostalgia; Official documents; Personal belongings; Right of return; Seeking shelter