Interview with Ṣādiq Bakīr ‘Annān مقابلة مع صادق بكير عنّان

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Socio-economic conditions and family relations

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū Sha‘bān, Fahmī (Teacher); ‘Annān, Bakīr (Weapon trader).

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Keywords: Agricultural land lease; Child labor; Desserts; Disputes; Education; Gaza (Palestine); Handicrafts; Jaffa (Palestine); Land ownership; Siblings; Traders; Weapon trade

00:18:25 - Economic conditions during the British rule

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Shawwā, Muḥammad (Landowner); al-Rayyis, Ghālib (Landowner).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Bafka Manufacture (Corporation).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Beirut (Lebanon); British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Chocolate industry; Jaffa (Palestine); Land purchase; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Strikes; Tel Aviv (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Travel; Water wells; ʻUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, Caliph, -644

00:38:24 - Social conditions in Jaffa

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Corner, Georges (Doctor).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Madrasat al-Falāḥ al-Islāmīyah (School).

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Keywords: Cinemas; Dowry; Jaffa oranges; Marriage; Medical care; Proverbs; Traditional medical procedures

00:54:57 - Political turmoil, revolutionaries and military activity

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥāj Muḥammad, ‘Abd al-Raḥīm (Revolutionary); al-Ḥamāmī, ‘Ādil (‪Businessman); al-Ḥakīm, ʻAbd al-Nāṣir (Businessman); al-Ṣaḥḥāf, Ṣubḥī (Businessman).

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Keywords: Ammunition; Beirut (Lebanon); Customs and traditions; House raid; Jaffa (Palestine); Means of transportation; Officers; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Tel Aviv (Jewish settlement: Palestine)

01:09:47 - City occupation and exile

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Shawwā, Saʻīd (Revolutionary).

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Keywords: Balfour Declaration, 1917; Beirut (Lebanon); British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Chocolate industry; Expulsion from Palestine; Grandchildren; Land deeds; Nakba; Naturalization; Palestine; Residence permits; Return; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, 1902–1969; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948