Interview with Yūsuf Aḥmad Salamūn مقابلة مع يوسف أحمد سلمون

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Village history

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Nāfi‘, Muḥammad (Village leader).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Anti-Palestinian economic measures; Antiquities; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British army camps; Dwellings; Farmers; Shaykhs; Siblings; Suḥmātā (Palestine); Waqf; Wedding customs; Wedding songs

00:14:11 - Economic conditions in Suḥmātā

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-Jishshī.

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Children's games; Education; Farmers; Means of transportation; Olive trees; Qurʼānic teaching; Rural life; Schools; Shaykhs; Socio-economic conditions; Sūq; Tobacco trade; Trade; Women education

00:31:00 - Families and land in the village

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Partial Transcript: Families: Qaddūrah; Mūsá; Ḥusayn ;Mahmūd; Ḥamādah; Murrah; al-Jishshiī; ‘Azzām; ‘Asqūl.

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Keywords: Anti-Palestinian economic measures; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Christians; Imprisonment; Interreligious relations; Land sale; Landowners; Neighboring villages; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Population; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Prisoners' treatment; Social norms; Socio-economic conditions

00:43:31 - Community celebrations, customs and traditions

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥiṭṭīnī, Muṣṭafá (Poet); Bayḍūn, Nājī (Doctor); Qassīs, Khalīl (Pharmacist).

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Keywords: Arbitration; Dietary practices; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Intervillage relations; Medical care; Olive trees; Traditional medicinal products; Wedding celebration

00:54:54 - War and battles

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Qaddūrah, Muḥammad ‘Abd al-Raḥmān (Martyr).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Balfour Declaration, 1917; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Brutal treatment; Damaged weapons; Husayn Ibn Ali, King of Hejaz, 1853?-1931; Identity cards; International Committee of the International Committee of the Red Cross; Khirbat Jiddīn Battle,1948; Punishment; Social norms; Treason; United States of America; Weapon acquisition; al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890-1977

01:13:09 - The Zionist occupation and expulsion

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ‘Abbūd, Khalīl (Martyr).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Expulsion from Palestine; Forced evacuation; Homecoming; Injuries; Martyrs; News; Radio stations; Refugee experience; Return