Interview with Mūsá Maḥmūd Muḥammad مقابلة مع موسى محمود محمد

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - History of the city

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥāj, Jiryis (School principal); Ḥamādah, Nāyif (Teacher); Khawlī, Samīḥ (Teacher); Murray, Sidney Patrick (British officer).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Episcopal Catholic School (School); Haifa Cigarettes Manufacture (Corporation).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Madarsat Shafā ʻAmrū al-Ibtidā’īyah (School).

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Keywords: Agriculture; British army camps; Children's games; Coexistence; Education; Hunting; Jewish settlements; Landowners; Means of transportation; Neighboring villages; Olive Oil; Professions; Public schools; Religious diversity; Shafā ʻAmrū (Palestine); Siblings; Sūq

00:15:09 - Political conditions during the British rule

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arslān, Majīd ibn Tawfīq, 1908-1983; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Churches; Communal celebrations; Disputes; Jewish settlements; Mayors; Mosques; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Police; Political parties; Prisoners; Revolutionaries; Social norms

00:26:26 - City occupation, displacement and exile

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Arrest; Balfour Declaration, 1917; Bombings; Coexistence; Dwellings; Expulsion from Palestine; Guards; Hope; Jewish settlements; Military withdrawal; Nostalgia; Palestinian diaspora; Ramaḍān; Refugee experience; Resistance; Shafā ʻAmrū (Palestine); Wahhāb, Shakīb, 1890-1980; Weapon acquisition