Interview with Aḥmad Muḥammad ‘Awaḍ مقابلة مع أحمد محمد عوض

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Keywords: Childhood; Children's games; Farmers; Hospitality; Hunting practices; Private schools; Public schools; Qurʼānic teaching; Rural life; Siblings; Students; Teachers; al-Manshīyah (Palestine)

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Qūwwatlī, Shamʻah (Landowner); Ḥāmid, Fahd (Shop owner); al-Ṭarāwī, Aḥmad (Shop owner); al-ʻAbd, ‘Alī (Sop owner); al-Ṭarāwī, Yūsuf (Shop owner).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Dāīrat al-Zirā‘ah (Governmental institution); Dā'irat al-Masāḥah (Governmental institution).

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Keywords: Agricultural calendars; Agricultural products; Akka (Palestine); Courts; Farmers; Farming practices; Harvesting; Income; Khaḍrā, Ṣubḥī, 1895-1954; Means of transportation; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Sewing; Sūq; Trade; Water wells; Wedding songs; al-Shuqayrī, Aḥmad, 1908-1980

Partial Transcript: Families: Di‘bis; Ṣaqr; al-Ḥāj Ḥusayn; Ḥamdū; al-‘Awīṣ; Abū Ṣghayyar; ‘Ayn Maḥmūd.

Significant Figures: Mannā‘, Nimir (Village leader); al-Ḥāj Aḥmad, ʻĪsá (Village leader).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Abū ‘Atabah (Maqām); ʻIzz al-Dīn (Maqām); al-Nabī Ṣāliḥ (Maqām).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Nahr al-Na‘mayan (River).

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Keywords: Building practices; Building stones; Dwellings; Intervillage relations; Land registration; Mosques; Neighboring villages; Police; Population; Religious belief; Shaykhs; Social classes; al-Manshīyah (Palestine)

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Mannā‘, Yāsīn (Poet); al-‘Abd, Rashīd (Poet); Lātī, Georges (Public officer); al-Shuqayrī, Anwar (Doctor); Mannā‘, Khalīl (Martyr); al-Shuqayrī, As‘ad (Leader).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Khiḍir (Maqām).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Dā'irat al-Zirā‘ah (Governmental Institution).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arbitration; Arrest; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British-Jewish relations; Brutal treatment; Communal celebrations; Grooms; Haganah; Ibrāhīm, Nūḥ, 1913-1938; Jewish settlements; Marriage; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Revolutionary songs; al-Qassām, ʻIzz al-Dīn, 1882-1935; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Mannā‘, Khalīl (Martyr); Ḥamdū, Maḥmūd (Translater); Naffā‘, Yūsuf (Resistance fighter).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Ammunition; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Compensation; Displacement; Druzes; Expulsion from Palestine; Guards; Iraqi Army; Jewish settlements; Land sale; Lebanon; Martyrs; Massacres; Military withdrawal; Mines; Official documents; Palestinian national identity; Refugee experience; Return; Vandalism; Victory; Village leaders; Village siege; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine,1948; al-Kābrī Battle, 1948