Interview with Muṣṭafá Salīm Ḥanafī مقابلة مع مصطفى سليم حنفي

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Agriculture and economic measures

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Partial Transcript: Families: Khiḍir; Ḥanafī.

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Anti-Palestinian economic measures; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Brokers; Children's games; Conduct of life; Farm animals; Farmers; Farming practices; Jamʻiyyat al-Kaff al-Aswad; Jewish settlements; Khirbat al-Kasāyir (Palestine); Land sale; Landowners; Neighboring villages; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Pre-Nakba life; Qurʼānic teaching; Siblings; Socio-economic conditions; Water resources

00:15:01 - Community celebrations and customs

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Khiḍir, Ḥasan (Mayor); Ḥanafī, ‘Abd al-Salām (Shaykh).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Nabī Hūshān (Maqām).

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Keywords: Arbitration; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Communal celebrations; Disputes; Grooms; Harvesting; Hospitality; Invitations; Religious belief; Social norms; Storytelling; Traditional medical procedures; Wedding traditions; al-Sawāʻid (Arab tribe); al-Zubayd (Arab tribe); al-Ḥujayrāt (Arab tribe)

00:30:24 - Political turmoil, revolutionary and military activity in Khirbat al-Kasāyir

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; Arrest; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Brutal treatment; Jewish settlements; Massacres; Revolutionaries; Settler colonialism; Wahhāb, Shakīb, 1890-1980; Weapons

00:41:49 - Violence, battles and armed resistance

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻĪsá, Mūsá (Martyr); Abū Rghays, Ḥamādī (Mayor); Ḥamdān, Muḥammad (Martyr).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Bombings; Displacement; Druzes; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Famine; Hawsha and al-Kasāyir Battle, 1948; Letters; News; Refugee aid; Right of return; Seeking shelter; Wahhāb, Shakīb, 1890-1980

00:59:30 - Refugee life and isolation

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Keywords: Arab countries; Armenians; Destruction; Forced evacuation; Generations; Hope; Nation; Naturalization; Qurʼān stories; Refugee aid; Refugee experience; Return; United Nations