Interview with Aḥmad Saʻīd Ka‘wash مقابلة مع أحمد سعيد كعوش

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Sharaf, ‘Abd al-Ghanī (Teacher); al-Dusūqī, Ḥusayn (Teacher).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Childhood dreams; Children's games; Education; Farmers; Mayrūn (Palestine); Neighboring villages; Olive trees; Public schools; Rural life; Siblings; Socio-economic conditions; Sūq; Tobacco trade; Tools; Values; Water resources

Partial Transcript: Families: Kan‘ān; Ka‘wash.

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

Significant Figures: Ka‘wash, Muḥammad ʻAbd (Mayor); Ka‘wash, Saʻīd ʻAbd (Mayor).

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Keywords: Arbitration; Assassination; Birth certificates; British police forces; Building practices; Churches; Dwellings; Historic buildings; Landowners; Neighboring villages; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Religion; Religious belief; Safad (Palestine)

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ka‘wash, Muḥammad ʻAbd (Martyr).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Assassination; British police forces; Jamʻiyyat al-Kaff al-Aswad; Mayors; Revolutionaries; Weapon acquisition; al-Shuqayrī, Aḥmad, 1908–1980; al-Ṣafṣāf Massacre, 1948; ʻAyn al-Zaytūn Massacre, 1948

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Keywords: British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British-Jewish relations; Brokers; Ein Zeitim (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Jewish immigration; Land appropriation; Land sale; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Safad (Palestine)

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Zaynih, Ḥasan (Arab Salvation Army commander).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Ammunition; Arab Salvation Army; Assassination; Attacks; British Army; Currencies; Exile; Leaders; Military training; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Resistance movements; Routes; Sa‘d, Ma‘rūf, 1910-1975; State of Israel; Syria; Weapon acquisition; Women; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist colonization; Zionist occupation; al-Ṣafṣāf Massacre, 1948; Ḥizb al-Najjādah

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Kanʻān, Khalīl (Martyr); Kanʻān, Fāris (Martyr); Kanʻān, Muḥammad (Martyr).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Bayt Gan (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Collaborationists; Druzes; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Generations; Homeland; Hope; Lebanese Army; Lebanon; Military withdrawal; Official documents; Refugee experience; Return; Seeking refuge; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Ṣafṣāf Massacre, 1948