Interview with Maḥmūd ʻAlī Abū Dāwūd مقابلة مع محمود علي أبو داوود

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Education and labor under British mandate

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Barghūthī, Sayf al-Dīn (Teacher); Kitmitū, Ḥasan (Teacher); Faḍāyil, Ibrāhīm (Manager); Qaṭrān, Naʻīm (Doctor).

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Keywords: Animals; British Army; British colonization; Camels; Children's games; Coffeehouses; Cooking; Decoration; Education; Family structure; Farmers; Majd al-Kurūm (Palestine); Orchards; Qurʼānic teaching; Schools; World War, 1939-1945; al-Zīb (Palestine)

00:16:16 - Socio-economic conditions

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Partial Transcript: Families: Qiblāwī; ‘Aṭāyā; al-Sa‘dī; al-Kayyāl; al-Zayyāt; al-Ghaḍbān.

Significant Figures: al-Birjāwī, Abū Maḥmūd (Shoemaker); al-Birjāwī, Aḥmad (Landowner); al-Sa‘dī, Muṣṭafá (Landowner); al-Sa‘dī, ‘Abd al-Fattāḥ (Landowner); al-Sa‘dī, Nājī (British Army officer).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Animals; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Boundaries; Disputes; Farmers; Fishing; Intervillage relations; Jewish settlements; Landowners; Maginot Line; Marriage; Nahariya (Jewish settiement, Palestine); Nahariya (Palestine); Neighboring villages; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Professions; Revolutionaries; Smuggling; World War, 1939-1945; al-Zīb (Palestine)

00:32:59 - Political situation under British mandate

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-‘Awaḍ, Rabāḥ (Revolutionary leader); ‘Aṭāyah, Abū Fāyiz (Revolutionary); ‘Aṭāyah , Nāyif (Revolutionary); Bishr, Kāmil (Martyr); ‘Abd al-Raḥmān, Ḥasan (Martyr);al-‘Abd, Ḥakam (Martyr); Shanārū, Khalīl (Revolutionary leader).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arrest; British Army; British army camps; British colonization; Brutal treatment; Coffeehouses; Disputes; Emotions; Humiliation; Majd al-Kurūm (Palestine); Mizrahi Jews; Muslims; Neighboring villages; Revolutionaries; Village siege; al-Zīb (Palestine)

00:44:22 - Political activities during the Zionist occupation

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Faḍl, Fāyiz (Wounded).

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Keywords: Ammunition; Arab Salvation Army; Battles; British authorities; Buses; Guards; Haifa (Palestine); Jaffa oranges; Jewish settlements; Martyrs; Means of transportation; Mines; Nahariya (Palestine); Palestinian-Jewish relations; Resistance; Tanks

00:50:50 - Displacement and the expulsion to Lebanon

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Public Institutions: Akka Airport (Airport).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: al-Shām Hotel (Hotel).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Jāmiʻ Jinīn (Mosque).

Significant Figures: ‘Awaḍ, Maḥmūd ‘Abd (Resistance fighter); Ṭāhā, Yāsīn Aḥmad (Driver); al-Shwaylī, Abū Khiḍir (Officer); al-Bayyūmī, Muḥammad (Prisoner).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Maghārat al-Ḍabʻ (Cave).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Akka (Prison: Palestine); Arab Salvation Army; Arrest; Burial; Children; Curfew; Dispersion; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Farmers; Food; Forced migration; Guards; Guns; Identity cards; Investigation; Jenin (Palestine); Jewish Army; Jordan; Killing; Lebanon; Means of transportation; Medical doctors; Military withdrawal; Mossad; Mothers; Nāblus (Palestine); Prisoners; Prisoners' treatment; Ramaḍān; Refugee camps; Resistance movements; Return; Syria; Terrorism; Treason; Tyre (Lebanon); Village liberation; Village siege; Wives; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Birwah (Palestine); ʻAr’arah (Palestine); ʻĀrah (Palestine)