Interview with Ibrāhīm Ḥusayn Yūsuf مقابلة مع ابراهيم حسين يوسف

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Education in the village

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥannā', Y‘aqūb (Bishop); Kanʻān, Sulaymān (Trader); ʻAylabūnī, Sa‘īd (Teacher).

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Keywords: Agricultural land lease; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Bedouins; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Collaborationists; Education; Ghuwayr Abū Shūshah (Palestine); Horse racing; Mosques; Orthodox Eastern Church; Qurʼānic teaching; Schools; Skirmishes; Trade; al-Rāmāh (Palestine)

00:12:01 - Land, Conflict, and Justice

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Dyāb, Salīm ‘Aṭallāh (School principal); ʻAylabūnī, Sa‘īd (Teacher).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Evangelical Episcopal School (School).

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Keywords: Agricultural land lease; Courts; Education; Jewish immigrants; Jewish settlements; Kibbutzim; Land registration; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Population; Skirmishes; al-Baṣṣah (Palestine)

00:26:15 - Zionist infiltration and attacks

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻAbd al-Hādī, Khamīs (Mayor).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: al-Bank al-ʻArabī (Bank).

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Keywords: Blood money; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Fishing; Inheritance; Jewish immigrants; Jewish settlements; Martyrs; Mines; Nazareth (Palestine); Palestinian-Jewish relations; Seeking shelter; Trees; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948

00:40:01 - War time and military occupation

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥannā, Y‘aqūb (Bishop).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Arslān, Majīd ibn Tawfīq, 1908-1983; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Forced evacuation; Hawshah and al-Kasāyir Battle, 1948; Pamphlets; Seeking shelter; Syria; Wahhāb, Shakīb, 1890-1980; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890-1977

00:52:23 - Refugee life, humiliation and isolation

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Keywords: British policy; Displacement; Druzes; Lebanon; Naturalization; Refugee aid; Refugee experience; Resistance; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Water resources; Weapon acquisition; ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon)

01:05:20 - Land, refugees and right to return

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Keywords: Balfour Declaration, 1917; British colonialism; British-Jewish relations; Education; Emotions; Exile; Generations; Homeland; Massacres; Media; Military training; Passing on memories; Personal belongings; Political parties; Psychological warfare; Ramaḍān; Refugee legal status; Resistance; Return; Social norms; State of Israel; Weapons; ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon)