Interview with Aḥmad Maḥmūd Jrād مقابلة مع أحمد محمود جراد

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:04 - Socio-economic conditions and political turmoil in the village

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Nādir, Musṭafá (Soldier); Nādir, Khālid (Soldier).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; British colonization; Children's games; Damaged weapons; Education; Farmers; Haganah; Khirbat al-Waʻrah al-Sawdā (Palestine); Neighboring villages; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Pre-Nakba life; Siblings; Sūq; Trans-Jordan Frontier Forces; Water wells; al-Mawāsī (Arab tribe)

00:11:35 - Characteristics of a tribal community

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-‘Ajāj, Muḥammad (Tribe leader).

Families: Nādir; al-‘Awāydah; Zahrān; al-‘Īsāt; al-Baṭāṭikhah.

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Mūsá al-Kāẓim (Maqām); Khirbat Irbid (Maqām).

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Keywords: Antiquities; Arbitration; Blood money; British authorities; Communal celebrations; Dhabīḥah; Dowry; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Intervillage relations; Jewish settlements; Lūbiyāh Battle, 1948; Marriage; Mayors; Medical care; Palestinian-British relations; Population; Religious belief; Revenge; Revolutionaries; Tribal customs; Wedding celebration; Zionist occupation; al-Mawāsī (Arab tribe)

00:33:22 - Political dynamics in Khirbat al-Waʻrah al-Sawdā

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Mūsá, ‘Alī (Revolutionary).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arrest; British colonization; British-Jewish relations; Collaborationists; Damaged weapons; European Jewish Immigration; Glubb, John Bagot, Sir, 1897-1986; Military superiority; Military withdrawal; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Strikes; Trans-Jordan Frontier Forces; Weapon acquisition; al-Aṣbaḥ, ʻAbdullāh, 1910-1938

00:50:20 - War events and expulsion

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Nādir, Maḥmūd (Martyr); Nādir, Aḥmad (Martyr); Nādir, Khālid (Martyr).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Arab countries; Displacement; Guards; Lūbiyāh Battle, 1948; Mass graves; Massacres; Return; Survival; Zionist occupation; al-Hayb (Arab tribe); ʻAylabūn (Palestine); Ṣafṣāf (Palestine)

01:13:22 - Refugee life and expulsion

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ṭabarī, Khalīl (Leader).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Attempt at return; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Homeland; Lebanese Army; Lebanon; Military superiority; Nostalgia; Refugee aid; Refugee experience; Rmaysh (Lebanon); United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Water resources; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Rashīdīyah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon)