Interview with ‘Abd al-Ḥamīd Muḥammad ‘Īsá مقابلة مع عبد الحميد محمد عيسى

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

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Maw‘ad, Ṣāliḥ (Village leader); ‘Abd al-Qādir, Sāmī (Landowner); al-Yāsīn, Mifliḥ (Resistance leader); Abū N‘āj, Nimir (Resistance leader); al-Ṣaffūrī, Abū Maḥmūd (Resistance leader); al-‘Abdullāh, Sa‘d (Landowner); al-Salīm, Ṣāliḥ (Mayorr); ‘Abd al-Mu‘ṭī, Muḥammad Saʻīd (Village leader).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Akka (Palestine); Anti-Palestinian economic measures; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Battles; British colonization; Education; Family structure; Farmers; Haifa (Palestine); Hawshah and al-Kasāyir Battle, 1948; Intervillage relations; Jewish immigration; Means of transportation; Neighboring villages; Orchards; Palestinian resistance; Rural life; Self-sufficiency; Shafā ʻAmrū (Palestine); Sūq; Trade; Trans-Jordan Frontier Forces; Water resources; Ṣaffūrīyah (Palestine)

00:12:06 - Social relations and traditions in rural Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Families: Sulaymān; al-Maw‘ad; ‘Īsá.

Significant Figures: al-Maw‘ad, Ṣāliḥ (Village leader); al-Salīm, Ṣubḥī (Artist); ‘Abd al-Salām, Ḥamad (Artist).

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Keywords: Bint Jubayl(Lebanon); British colonization; Children's games; Convents; Dabkah; Dhabīḥah; Foreigners; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Interreligious relations; Intervillage relations; Landowners; Marriage; Mayors; Media; Medical care; Medical doctors; Municipalities; Nazareth (Palestine); News; Nuns; Population; Traders; Wedding celebration

00:27:40 - Revolution in 1936 and war events

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ghuzz, Abū Maḥmūd (Revolutionary leader); Abū N‘āj, Nimir (Resistance leader); al-Yāsīn, Mufliḥ (Resistance leader);al-‘Afīfī, Ṣāliḥ (Buses owner); al-Naṣṣār, Muḥammad (Wounded); Francis, Muḥammad (Martyr); al-Sālim, Mufliḥ (Martyr); Dāhish, Jābir (Resistance fighter).

Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Qal‘at Jiddīn (Fortress).

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Keywords: Ambushes; Ammunition; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Armies intervention; Arrest; Attack; Battles; British colonization; British-Jewish relations; Brothers; Child killings; Displacement; Jewish immigration; Jewish settlements; Lebanese Army; Lebanon; Mayors; Military training; Mortars; Murder; Nahariya (Palestine); Resistance; Settler colonialism; Ships; Tarbīkhā (Palestine); Village siege; Wahhāb, Shakīb, 1890-1980; Weapons; Women in armed conflicts; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948

01:00:13 - The Palestinian Resistance

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū, N‘āj, Nimir (Resistance leader); Flayīḥ, Rashīd (Resistance leader); al-Yāsīn, Mufliḥ (Resistance leader); al-Sālim, Ṣāliḥ (Village leader); al-Ṣaffūrī, Abū Maḥmūd (Resistance leader); al-Bakir, Aḥmad Sulaymān (Resistance fighter).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Arab countries; Armed resistance; Battles; Betrayal; Birth certificates; Displacement; Family reunification; Fatḥ; Golan (Syria); Haganah; Homecoming; Identity cards; Intelligence services; Jamʻiyyat al-Jihād Muqaddas; Kīlānī, Rashīd ʻĀlī, 1893-1965; Mass murder; Massacres; Military training; Mines; Police investigations; Priests; Return; Shaʻb (Palestine); Spies; Syrian Army; Terrorism; Weapon acquisition; Zaʻīm, Ḥusnī, 1897-1949; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Jāmiʻah al-ʻArabīyah; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975; ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon)