Interview with Muḥammad al-Madad مقابلة مع محمد المدد

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Education in al-Shaykh Dāwūd

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Jarrāḥ, ‘Ādil (Teacher).

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Keywords: British colonization; Building practices; Children's games; Classrooms; Clothing and dresses; Construction workers; Customs and traditions; Education; Educational grants; Friendship; Khaḍrā, Ṣubḥī, 1895-1954; Kuwaykāt (Palestine); Neighboring villages; Public schools; Village siege; al-Nahr (Palestine)

00:10:08 - Work experience, religious ceremonies and social life

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-‘Aynayn, Aḥmad (Foreman); Rustum, Yūsuf (Foreman).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Dannūn (Maqām).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Agriculture; Akka (Palestine); British army camps; Dabkah; Folk poetry; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Funerals; Income; Laborers; Landowners; Marriage; Martyrs; Pre-Nakba life; Religious belief; Rural life; Ships; Siblings; Wedding celebration; World War, 1914-1918

00:28:34 - Social and health conditions in al-Shaykh Dāwūd

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Quṭrān, Na‘īm (Doctor);al-‘Awaḍ, Rabāḥ (Leader).

Families: al-Madad; Abd al-ʻᾹl; Fahd; Rustum; al-Nūr.

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Arbitration; Celebrations; Circumcision; Diseases; Feasts; Landowners; Medical care; Population; Traditional medical procedures; ʻAtābā

00:35:58 - Political activities during the British rule

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Baytamī, Aḥmad (Mayor); ʻUthmān, Muḥammad (Martyr); Fahd, Aḥmad (Martyr); Nūr, Yaḥyá (Revolutionary leader); Nūr, Saʻīd (Prisoner).

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Keywords: Ammunition; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arrest; British colonization; Caves; Evacuation; Guards; Jewish settlements; Jordanian Army; Land appropriation; Nahariya (Palestine); Palestinian-Jewish relations; Revolutionaries; Tanks; Village seige; Weapon acquisition; al-Kābrī Battle, 1948; al-Layyāt Battle, 1936

00:48:36 - War events and the expulsion to Lebanon

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Partial Transcript: Families: Sirḥān.

Significant Figures: Sirḥān, Fāris (Village leader); Sirḥān, ‘Abdullāh (Village leader).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Bombings; British colonization; Captivity; Dayr al-Asad (Palestine); Destruction; Displacement; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Homeland; Identity cards; Lebanese Government; Lebanon; Majd al-Kurūm (Palestine); Mines; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Ramaḍān; Refugee camps; Refugee experience; Return; Skirmishes; Suffering; Theft; Water resources; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Birwah (Palestine)