Interview with Muḥammad Shbīb مقابلة مع محمد شبيب

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Economic conditions at the village

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Fā‘ūr, ‘Abdullāh (Contractor); al-‘Askarī, Ṣubḥī (Trader).

Families: Bazzī; Farḥāt; al-Mārdīnī.

Landmarks - Lakes, River: ʻAyn Qadas (Water resource).

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Keywords: Agricultural land lease; Agricultural products; Antiquities; Arab Salvation Army; British army camps; British colonization; Building practices; Children's games; Cholera; Dwellings; Education; Employment; Farmers; Hebrew; Income; Landowners; Lebanon; Means of transportation; Palestinian Jews; Qadas (Palestine); Religious traditions; Schools; Siblings; Sūq; Water resources

00:15:41 - Social events and health care in Qadas

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Maw‘id, Saʻīd (Shaykh); al-Sūqīyah, ʻAqlah (Mayor).

Families: al-Mārdīnī.

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Keywords: Arbitration; Bint Jubyal (Lebanon); Communal celebrations; Dietary practices; Everyday life; Herbal remedies; Intervillage relations; Marriage; Medical care; Traditional medical procedures; Village leaders; Wedding customs; Ḥinnah

00:31:42 - Zionist occupation of Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Families: Niḥmānī.

Significant Figures: al-As‘ad, Aḥmad (Leader).

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Keywords: Airports; Arab Salvation Army; Balfour Declaration, 1917; Battles; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British army camps; Convoys; France; Guards; Hospitals; Iraqi Army; Jewish settlements; Laborers; Land registration; Land sale; Landowners; Military withdrawal; Mines; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Pre-Nakba life; Tanks; Trenches; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist occupation; al-Nabī Yūshaʻ (Palestine); al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975

00:56:31 - War events and the expulsion to Lebanon

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Expulsion from Palestine; Farmers; Lebanese Army; Martyrs; News; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Pamphlets; Radio stations; Return; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Nabī Yūshaʻ Battle, 1948; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975

01:06:41 - Zionist invasion of al-Ḥulah

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Arrest; Border cities and towns; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Brutal treatment; Buḥayrat al-Ḥūlah (Palestine); Farm animals; Fidā’iyyīn; Forced evacuation; Homecoming; Identity cards; Investigation; Mass graves; Official documents; Palestine; Refugee aid; Spies; Storytelling; Taxes; Village siege; Winter; Zionist occupation; al-Shāṭir Ḥasan