Interview with Maḥmūd Ghaḍbān مقابلة مع محمود غضبان

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Political turmoil during the British Mandate

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-ʻAwaḍ, Rabāḥ (Revolutionary); al-Baytam, Ḥusayn (Revolutionary); al-Baytam, Fayyāḍ (Revolutionary); al-Wāwī, Muḥammad (Martyr); Iskandar, Khalīl (Village leader); Iskandar, ‘Alī (Village leader); al-Ghaḍbān, Salīm (Village leader).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Nur Safety Match (Corporation).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; British colonialism; Children's games; Compensation; Complaints; Courts; Crimes against individuals; Education; Family structure; Farmers; Farming practices; House burning; Kuwaykāt (Palestine); Mass murder; Mines; Neighboring villages; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Village siege

00:14:54 - War events and Zionist occupation

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Baytam, Fayyāḍ (Revolutionary leader).

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Keywords: Ammunition; Arrest; British colonialism; Displacement; Druzes; Imprisonment; Kafr Yāsīf (Palestine); Mortars; Resistance; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948

00:27:09 - Military occupation and Palestinian resistance

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-ʻAwaḍ, Rabāḥ (Revolutionary); Abū Ghanī, Fāyiz (Revolutionary).

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Keywords: Attacks; Brutal treatment; Expulsion from Palestine; Farmers; Intelligence services; Interrogations; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Prisoners; Prisoners' treatment; Refugee experience; Resistance; Smuggling; Zionist occupation; al-Mazraʻah (Palestine)