Intrview with Ḥusayn Muṣṭafá Ṭāhā مقابلة مع حسين مصطفى طه

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood, agriculture and everyday life

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

Significant Figures: al-Naḥawī, Ṣalāḥ (School principal); Ṭāhā, Ḥasan (Mayor).

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Keywords: Arbitration; Boarding schools; British Mandate for Palestine, 1922-1948; Building practices; Childhood; Coeducational schools; Dwellings; Education; Farmers; Mīʻār (Palestine); National anthem; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Population; Professions; Women education

00:11:00 - Political turmoil, revolutionaries and military activity in the village

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Maḥmūd, Muḥammad (Poet); al-Ḥiṭṭīnī, Abū Sa‘īd (Poet); al-Ḥusayn, Aḥmad (Revolutionary leader); ‘Abd al-Hādī, Ḥusayn (Revolutionary); ʻAṣfūr, Ḥannā (Lawyer).

Families: Ḥasan; al-Haybah; Ṭāhā.

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Agricultural products; Akka (Palestine); Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arranged marriage; Arrest; British Mandate for Palestine, 1920-1948; Education; Home bombing; Israeli Kenesset; Jewish settlements; Landowners; Mīʻār (Palestine); Neighboring villages; Newspapers; Olive trees; Strikes; Weapons confiscation; Wedding celebration; al-Shuqayrī, Aḥmad, 1908-1980

00:24:42 - Battles, displacement and exile

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Children; Displacement; Distress; Expulsion from Palestine; Forced evacuation; Home bombing; Hope; Jewish settlements; Land deeds; Military superiority; Mines; Mortars; Official documents; Personal belongings; Refugee experience; Resistance; Return; Rmaysh (Lebanon); Settlements; Taxes; Weapons; Zionist occupation