Interview with Tamām Aḥmad al-Ḥāj مقابلة مع تمام أحمد الحاج

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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POHA, Al-Nakba Collection |
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00:00:00 - Childhood and social conditions of the village

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Keywords: British army camps; Children's games; Economic prosperity; Education; Employment; Everyday life; Farm animals; Guards; Husbands; Marriage; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Revolutionaries; Schools; Siblings; Sūq; Traders; Women education; al-Sumayrīyah(Palestine)

00:12:25 - Socio-economic conditions

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-'Uthmān, Mūsà (Village leader); al-Khaṭīb, Ibrāhīm (Shaykh); al-Majdhūb, ‘Alī (Mayor); Ḍiyā, Ḥusayn (Village leader).

Families: al-Khaṭīb; ‘Uthmān; ‘Awayyid; al-Dīb.

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Keywords: Arbitration; Building practices; Childbirth; Economic prosperity; Grooms; Mosques; Neighboring villages; Olive oil mills; Pre-Nakba life; Social classes; Village leaders; Wedding customs; Wedding songs; al-Barānkī (Nawar); ʻAmqā (Palestine)

00:28:54 - Socio-political dynamics at the village

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Shuqayrī, Anwar (Doctor); Qaṭrān, Naʻīm (Doctor).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); British colonization; Executions; Medical care; Murder; Passing on memories; Revolutionary songs; Traditional medical procedures; al-Sumayrīyah (Palestine)

00:38:25 - Political situation in ʻAmqā during the Zionist occupation

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Shibil, Mahmūd (Martyr); ʻAbd al-Rāziq, Muṣṭafá (Revolutionary); ʻAbd al-Rāziq, ʻŪthmān (Revolutionary); al-Shaykh, Muḥammad (Martyr); al-Majdhūb, Nāyif (Village leader); Dāhish, Jabir (Leader).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arbitration; Armed resistance; Arrest; British colonization; Burial; Coexistance; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Germans; Guards; Identity cards; Investigation; Jewish settlements; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Refugee experience; Snipers; Village siege; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948

00:54:22 - Expulsion to Lebanon

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻAbd al-Rāziq, Muṣṭafá (Martyr); al-Khaṭīb, Sa‘īd (Martyr); Ka‘būsh, Ṣāliḥ (Martyr); Ḥamdū, Ḥasan (Martyr); al-Ḥāj, Aḥmad (Martyr).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Arabic proverbs; Burial; Coexistance; Collaborationists; Dignity; Dispersion; Displacement; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Generations; Homeland; Hope; Jewish settlements; Land sale; Lebanon; Mosques; Nation; Refugee experience; Return; Revolutionary songs; Vandalism; Victory; War crimes; Zionist Invasion of Palestine,1948