Interview with Yasīn Muṣṭafà al-Ḥāj مقابلة مع ياسين مصطفى الحاج

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Dīmāsī, Khalīl (Teacher); Saʻd, Fūād (Landowner);al-Ḥallāq, Aḥmad (Leader); ‘Asfūr, Ḥannā (Lawyer).

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Keywords: Arbitration; British colonization; Children's games; Education; Farm animals; Farmers; Land acquisition; Land registration; Means of transportation; Neighboring villages; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Schools; Uncles; Water resources; al-Shukayrī, Aḥmad, 1908-1980

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻAbdullāh, Kamāl (Poet); al-Ṣāliḥ, ʻAbdullāh (Poet).

Families: ʻAnnān; al-Aḥmad.

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Abū Bayt (Maqām).

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Keywords: Aleppo (Syria); Arab tribes; British colonization; Burial; Caves; Farming practices; Mosques; Poetry; Popular tales; Qurʼānic teaching; Religious belief; Weapon acquisition; Wedding celebration; al-Farrādīyah (Palestine)

Partial Transcript: Families: Shuqayr; Manṣūr; Khashshān.

Significant Figures: Mūsá, Jamīl (Policeman).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Majid Qubbat al-Ṣakhrah (Mosque).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Arbitration; Arranged marriage; British colonization; British officers; British police forces; Cities and towns; Disputes; Education; Employment; Entertainment; Farmers; Income; Military training; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Socio-economic conditions; Wedding celebration; Ḥāʻiṭ al-Burāq

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ṣāliḥ, Aḥmad (Resistance fighter).

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Keywords: British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British officers; Courts; Dietary practices; Disputes; Hospitals; Interreligious relations; Intimidation; Investigation; Jaffa (Palestine); Jewish immigration; Mayors; Military withdrawal; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Police regulations; Village leaders; al-Lajnah al-ʻArabīyah al-ʻUlyā; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975; Ḥāʻiṭ al-Burāq

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ṭāhā, Ḥasan (Martyr); Ṭāhā, Fawwāz (Martyr); Louis, Ḥannā (Land broker); al-Kāyid, ‘Īsá (Martyr).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Arab countries; British authorities; British colonization; Christians; Defense; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Homecoming; Hope; Iraqi Army; Land acquisition; Military withdrawal; Miracles; Police; Prisoners of war; Refugee camps; Routes; Rumors; Sacred places; Weapons; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Lajnah al-ʻArabīyah al-ʻUlyā; al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890-1977; al-Shukayrī, Aḥmad, 1908-1980; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975