Interview with Qāsim Muḥammad Abū Jāmūs مقابلة مع قاسم محمد أبو جاموس

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:45 - Political turmoil and military activity during the British Mandate

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Keywords: Airports; Arab countries; Arab workers; British army camps; Children's games; Coeducation; Courts; Farmers; Haganah; Histadrut; Income; Massacres; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Schools; Socio-economic conditions; World War, 1939-1945; Zionist occupation; ʻAmqā (Palestine)

00:19:44 - Families and land in ʻAmqā

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-‘Akkī; al-Majẓūb; al-Shāmī; al-Sa‘īd; Salāmah; Tḥaybish; al-Muṣṭafá; Twaynī.

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Keywords: Arab workers; British army camps; British-Jewish relations; Building practices; Courts; Dwellings; Jewish settlements; Khirbat Jiddīn (Palestine); Land sale; Landowners; Mosques; Muslims; Neighboring villages; Olive trees; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Sūq; ʻAmqā (Palestine)

00:30:44 - Battles and resistance

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Arab Salvation Army; Bombings; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British army camps; British-Jewish relations; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Displacement; Druzes; Military withdrawal; Ramaḍān; Resistance; Skirmishes; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Kābrī Battle, 1948

00:39:39 - Political turmoil, Zionist occupation and displacement

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥusayn, Qāsim (Mayor); Awaḍ, Rabāḥ (Revolutionary Leader); Abū Jāmūs, Wahībah (Martyr).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Ammunition; Arab Salvation Army; Arab countries; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Cheating; Collaborationists; Colonialism; Crops; Displacement; Intervillage relations; Leaders; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Resistance; Seeking shelter; State of Israel; Truces; Weapon acquisition; Zionist occupation

01:02:56 - Land, refugees and right of return

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū Jāmūs, Wahībah (Martyr).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Bernadotte, Folke, 1895-1948; Bombings; Currencies; Displacement; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Forced evacuation; Nation; Personal belongings; Refugee experience; Return; State of Israel; Water resources; Weapons; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948