Interview with Ḥusayn ‘Abd al-Karīm ‘Awn مقابلة مع حسين عبدالكريم عون

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Zionist occupation of Palestine and war events

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ṭālib, Nimir (Village leader); Shiblī, Nimir (Mayor); Ḥusayn, Muḥammad (Policeman); ‘Abdullāh, Najīb Ḥasan (Resistance fighter).

Families: al-M‘ānaqah; al-Y‘āqibah.

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Agricultural products; Attacks; British army camps; British colonization; Childhood memories; Children's games; Education; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Farmers; Forced labor; Home bombing; Injuries; Landowners; Means of transportation; Neighboring villages; Pre-Nakba life; Schools; Sūq; Village siege; Water resources; Weapon acquisition; Ṣalḥah (Palestine); Ṣalḥah Massacre, 1948

00:20:28 - Political conditions and the humanitarian situation in the village

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥāj Aḥmad, ʻAlī (Martyr); al-As‘ad, ʻAlī (Martyr); Ni‘mah, Nimir (Martyr); Ṭālib, Nimir (Mayor); Abū Ḍahir, Kāmilah (Wounded); Fayyāḍ, ‘Abd (Martyr).

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Keywords: Ammunition; Destruction; Expulsion from Palestine; Generations; Hiding; Homeland; Hospitals; International Committee of the International Committee of the Red Cross; Lebanese Army; Mass graves; Mosques; Nation; Palestine; Return; Settler colonialism; Uncles; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Mālikīyah Battle, 1948; al-Ṣafṣāf Massacre, 1948