Interview with ‘Alyā ‘Abd Ḥamad مقابلة مع عليا عبد حمد

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood, agriculture and everyday life

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Maḥmūd, Muḥammad (Poet).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Children's games; Clothing and dresses; Dietary practices; Dwellings; Embroidery; Farm animals; Landowners; Palestine Broadcasting Service; Rural life; Schools; Snakes; Tobacco trade; Traditional medical procedures; Wedding songs; Women education; al-Ṣafṣāf (Palestine)

00:13:45 - Political turmoil, revolutionaries and military activity in al-Ṣafṣāf

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ḥijām, ʻAlī (Revolutionary); Yūnus, Abdullāh (Rovolutionary); ʻAlī, Aḥmad (Martyr).

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

Landmarks - Lakes, River: al-‘Arab cemetery (Cemetery).

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Keywords: Antiquities; Arrest; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Collaborationists; Dairy products; Displacement; Ein Zeitim (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Graveyards; House raid; Jewish immigrants; Mosques; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Revolutionary songs; Scouts; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Aṣbaḥ, ‘Abdullāh, 1910-1938

00:22:52 - War time and expulsion

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Salīm, Ismā‘īl (Martyr); Ismā‘īl, Maḥmūd (Martyr); Ismā‘īl, Aḥmad (Martyr); al-Dhīb, Muḥammad (Martyr); al-Khālid, Sa‘īd (Martyr).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Bombardment; Crimes against humanity; Dispersion; Displacement; Economic prosperity; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Folk songs; Guards; Haifa (Palestine); Moroccans; Nation; Refugee aid; Refugee experience; Right of return; Suffering; Violation of humanitarian law; Water resources; Zionist occupation; al-Ṣafṣāf Massacre, 1948