Interview with Maḥmūd ‘Awaḍ Ḥamad مقابلة مع محمود عوض حمد

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:06 - Agriculture and economic conditions during the British rule

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū Dhays, Muṣṭafá (Public officer).

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Keywords: Anti-Palestinian economic measures; Bread; British colonialism; Building practices; Child labour; Childhood dreams; Children's games; Dietary practices; Dwellings; Education; Farm animals; Farmers; Farming practices; Flour mills; Landowners; Nimrīn (Palestine); Pre-Nakba life; Siblings; Socio-economic conditions; Sūq; Taxes; Tools; Trade; Work songs

00:17:50 - Economic conditions during the British rule

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Public Institutions: Ben-Gurion Airport (Airport).

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Keywords: Ammunition; Arab Salvation Army; Arabs; Attacks; Bribery; British army camps; British officers; British-Jewish relations; Dietary practices; Economic hardship; Employment; Farmers; Gaza (Palestine); Identity cards; Income; Lūbyā Battle, 1947; Massacres; Military training; Palestinian Jews; Theft; Weapon acquisition; Women; World War, 1939-1945

00:27:39 - Military attack and Palestinian popular resistance

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Āghā, Muḥammad (Martyr); ‘Alayyān, Mifliḥ (Martyr); Alayyān, ‘Abd al-Raḥīm (Wounded).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Armored vehicles; Captivity; Cows; Crops; Dairy products; Food; Germany; Harvesting; Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949; Lūbyā Battle, 1947; Mines; Police; Relief; Rifles; Snakes; Trans-Jordan Frontier Forces; Weapon acquisition; Women in armed conflicts; Yugoslavs; al-Shajarah Battle, 1948

00:41:32 - Military occupation and exile

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-ʻAlī, Fawwāz (Mayor).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Bombardment; Cities and towns; Crimes against individuals; Crops; Dispersion; Expulsion from Palestine; Fathers; Humiliation; Jewish immigrants; Land acquisition; Nostalgia; Official documents; Palestinian Jews; Pistols; Return; Water wells; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948