Interview with Muḥammad Maḥmūd Ḥammūd مقابلة مع محمد محمود حمود

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:03 - Agricultural society of al-Shaykh Dāwūd

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Gharīb, Ibrāhīm (Shaykh).

Families: Ḥammād.

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Keywords: Agricultural calendars; Agricultural products; Akka (Palestine); British colonization; British-Jewish relations; Children's games; Education; Farmers; Jewish settlements; Land appropriation; Land sale; Means of transportation; Nahariya (Palestine); Neighboring villages; Qurʼānic teaching; Schools; Trade; al-Ghābisīyah (Palestine); al-Shaykh Dāwūd (Palestine)

00:09:38 - Social life at al-Shaykh Dāwūd

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Keywords: Circumcision; Dabkah; Disputes; Folk poetry; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Grooms; Intervillage relations; Medical doctors; Midwives; Musical instruments; Neighboring villages; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Pre-Nakba life; Self-sufficiency; Sūq; Traditional medical procedures; Wedding celebration

00:22:02 - Religious aspects of the village and the Zionist invasion

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: Shaykh Dāwūd (Maqām); Shaykh Dannūn (Maqām).

Significant Figures: al-Baytam, Aḥmad (Mayor); Khalīfah, Ḥusnī (Mayor).

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Keywords: Agricultural calendars; Akka (Palestine); Ammunition; Anti-Palestinian economic measures; Arab Salvation Army; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British army camps; British colonization; Brutal treatment; Checkpoints; Convoys; Dietary practices; Evacuation; Families; Iraq; Jewish settlements; Laborers; Landowners; Mayors; Mines; Neighboring villages; Police investigations; Population; Revolutionaries; Shootings; Tanks; Taxes; Theft; Trade; Weapons; al-Kābrī Battle, 1948; al-Shaykh Dannūn (Palestine); al-Shaykh Dāwūd (Palestine)

00:52:28 - Resistance against the Zionist invasion

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-ʻAwaḍ, Rabāḥ (Revolutionary leader); al-Dīb, Ḥusayn (Resistance fighter); Khalīfah, Ḥusnī (Mayor).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882–1951; Battles; British-Jewish relations; Conspiracy; Economic conditions; Expulsion from Palestine; Resistance; Revolutionary leadership; Weapon acquisition

00:59:01 - The war and the expulsion to Lebnaon

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-ʻAwaḍ, Rabāḥ (Revolutionary leader); Shuqayrī, Asʻad (Leader); Shuqayrī, Anwar (Doctor); Zaynab, ‘Alī (Revolutionary); Ḥammūd, Kamāl Ḥassūn (Revolutionary); Ḥammūd, Ibrāhīm (Revolutionary); al-Khalīl, Dīb (Revolutionary); al-‘Aynayn, Mir‘ī (Revolutionary); Rayyah, Aḥmad (Revolutionary); Rabī‘ah, Sa‘īd (Soldier).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Shaykh Dāwūd (Maqam).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab countries; Armies; Arrest; Broken promises; Collaborationists; Conspiracy; Despair; Dispersion; Druzes; Emotions; Farming practices; Forced evacuation; Health conditions; Homeland; Hope; Leaders; Orchards; Prisoners; Ramaḍān; Return; Revolutionary leadership; Strikes; Village siege; Weapons; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Jāmiʻah al-ʻArabīyah; al-Kābrī Battle, 1948