Interview with Maḥmūd Muḥammad ‘Azzām مقابلة مع محمود محمد عزّام

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Socio-economic conditions and everyday life in the village

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Maḥmūd, Muḥammad (Poet); Jibrān, Sim‘ān (Mayor); Ayyūb, Salīm ‘Alī (Mayor).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Building practices; Children's games; Churches; Customs and traditions; Dhabīḥah; Dietary practices; Dwellings; Education; Entertainment; Family relations; Interreligious relations; Intervillage relations; Landowners; Lebanon; Mosques; Municipalities; Neighboring villages; Poets; Revolutionaries; Schools; Shaykhs; Siblings; Socio-economic conditions; Sūq; Wedding customs; Wedding songs; Women education; al-Jish (Palestine)

00:20:21 - Social history of al-Jish

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Partial Transcript: Families: Zaydān; Khalāylī; Ayyūb.

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Keywords: Arbitration; Coffeehouses; Dowry; Entertainment; Groom Shower; Herbal remedies; Hospitality; Interreligious relations; Marriage contracts; Mayors; Traditional medical procedures; Wedding customs; Wedding songs; ʻĪd celebrations

00:32:07 - Political events between 1936-1948

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Shāhīn, Ḥusayn ‘Alī (Revolutionary).

Families: Sursuq; Salām.

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; Arab countries; British colonization; Collaborationists; Conspiracy; Currencies; Currency convertibility; Defense; House raid; Land sale; Military orders; National guards; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian resistance; Revolutionaries; Village siege; Weapon acquisition; Women in armed conflicts; Zionist colonization; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975

00:46:32 - War events and expulsion

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Shdīd, Ghassān (Arab Salvation Army commander).

LWP: Masjid al-Aqṣá (Mosque).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Arab nationalism; Battles; Border cities and towns; British Mandate, 1922-1948; Conspiracy; Crimes against humanity; Dignity; Druzes; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Homeland; Hope; Injuries; Interrogations; Lebanon; Martyrs; Mass murder; Means of transportation; Military withdrawal; Propaganda; Psychological warfare; Refugee experience; Return; Seeking shelter; Terrorism; Treason; Volunteers; Zionism; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Ṣafṣāf Massacre, 1948