Interview with Adīb Qa‘wār مقابلة مع أديب قعوار

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: Landmarks- Private Institutions: Freres School (School); Palestine Electric Company Ltd (Corporation); Madrasat al-Maskūbīyah (School).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: ‘Ayn al-‘Adhrā՚ (Water resource).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Beirut (Lebanon); British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British colonialism; Childhood memories; Demolition; Education; Executions; Family structure; Landowners; Nazareth (Palestine); Public schools; Ramallah (Palestine); Religious traditions; Revolutionaries; Strikes; Zionist colonization

00:11:27 - Social relations, rites and ceremonies

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Qa‘wār, Ṭannūs (Contractor).

Families: Fāhūm; Ḥamad.

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Madarsat al-Maskūbīyah (School).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Kanīsat al-Bishārah (Church).

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Keywords: Beirut (Lebanon); Building practices; Coexistence; Dwellings; Everyday life; Filastīn (Newspaper); Holidays; Nazareth (Palestine); Nu‘aymah, Mīkhā՚īl, 1889-1988; Primary education; Radio stations; Religious diversity; Revolutionaries; Social classes; Social norms; Sūq; al-Difāʻ (Newspaper); ʻĪd celebrations

00:26:30 - Religious pluralism and social conditions in Nazareth

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-Fāhūm; al-Zu‘bī.

Significant Figures: Ṭannūs, Qa‘wār (Mayor); Bishārah, Salīm (Mayor).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Kanīsat al-Bishārah (Church).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Chamber of Commerce (Governmental institution).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: ‘Ayn al-‘Adhrā՚ (Water resource).

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Keywords: Christians; Coexistence; Collaborationists; Displacement; Elections; Historic buildings; Intervillage relations; Latin churches; Mosques; Municipalities; Nazareth (Palestine); Population; Property appropriation; Water resources; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975

00:38:05 - Political turmoil in Nazareth

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Keywords: Begin, Menachem, 1913-1992; Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Exile; Haganah; Ha՚āritz (Newspaper); King David Hotel bombing, 1946; Political prisoners; Shamir, Itzhak, 1915–2012; Stern; World War, 1939-1945; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975

00:48:02 - Zionist occupation

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Public Institutions: Kullīyyat al-Ḥuqūq (University).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: al-Maskūbīyah School (School); American University of Beirut (University).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Book reviews; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Collaborationists; Discriminatory measures; Economic prosperity; Education; Haifa (Palestine); Jewish immigrants; Jewish settlements; Police; Skirmishes; Zionism

01:02:27 - City occupation and expulsion from Palestine

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Keywords: Anti-Palestinian measures; Arab Salvation Army; Attempt at return; Book reviews; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Collaborationists; Expulsion from Palestine; Hope; Refugee aid; Resistance; Zionism; Zionist occupation; Ḥarakat al-Qawmiyyīn al-ʻArab