Interview with Qāsim Muḥammad Dyāb مقابلة مع قاسم محمد دياب

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood and agriculture in the village

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

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Childhood dreams; Dwellings; Education; Farm animals; Farmers; Khirbat al-Waʻrah al-Sawdā (Palestine); Land deeds; Landowners; Mayors; Siblings; Social classes; Tiberias (Palestine); Trade; al-Mawāsī (Arab tribe)

00:13:39 - Characteristics of a tribal community

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Nakhlah, Jamīl (Village leader); Ṣghayyir, Ḥusayn ‘Alī (Village leader).

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Keywords: Arbitration; Blood money; British authorities; Druzes; Dīwān; Hospitality; Intervillage relations; Mayors; Mosques; Police; Zionist occupation; al-Mawāsī (Arab tribe); ʻArab al-Mawāsī Massacre, 1948

00:26:25 - Community life in Khirbat al-Waʻrah al-Sawdā

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

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Keywords: Arbitration; Arranged marriage; Dhabīḥah; Dietary practices; Dowry; Dīwān; Health conditions; Hospitality; al-Suwayṭāt (Arab tribe); al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975; al-Ḥusaynī, Mūsá Kāẓim, 1853–1954; ‘Abd al-Bāqī, Aḥmad Ḥlmī, 1882-1963

00:42:11 - Political turmoil, revolutionaries and military activity

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Mūsá, Dyāb (Revolutionary); Salāmah, Ḥasan (Weapon trader); al-Khaṭīb, Maḥmūd (Landowner); al-Khaṭīb, Muḥammad (Landowner).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; Armed resistance; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; House burning; House raid; Jewish settlements; Military training; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Revolutionary leadership; Weapon acquisition; al-Mawāsī (Arab tribe)

01:04:27 - Displacement and the journey of expulsion

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882–1951; Arab Salvation Army; Arab al-Hayb (Palestine); Arrest; British Army; Crimes against humanity; Decision making; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Homeland; Land deeds; Massacres; Military withdrawal; News; Newspapers; Psychological warfare; Return; Zionist Forces; al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890-1977