Interview with ‘Abd al-Raḥmān Sa‘d al-Dīn مقابلة مع عبد الرحمن سعد الدين

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Socio-economic dynamics at al-Zīb

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Dāwūd, Ḥusayn (Village leader); Ḥaddād, Fu'ād (Doctor); al-Sa‘dī, Muṣṭafá (Landowner); al-Sa‘dī, ‘Abd al-Fattāḥ (Landowner); Kīwān, Ḥasan (Auto mechanic); al-Maw‘ad, Ḥasan (Auto mechanic).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Argentina; British colonization; Brutal treatment; Currencies; Death; Diseases; Education; Elderly people; Exports; Olive trees; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Qurʼānic teaching; Schools; Scouts; Ships; Social relations; Socio-economic conditions; Sūq; Traders

00:21:34 - Social events and economic prosperity at al-Zīb

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Partial Transcript: Families: Sa‘ad al-Dīn; Abū Khālid; al-Mafādī.

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Sa‘d al-Dīn al-Jībāwī (Maqām).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; British colonization; Celebrations; Cities and towns; Coffeehouses; Economic prosperity; Expulsion from Palestine; Families; Farmers; Fishing; Hospitals; Intervillage relations; Land acquisition; Mawlid; Medical doctors; Population; Return; Traders; Traditional medical procedures; Water wells; Zaffah

00:41:22 - Political and economic conditions at al-Zīb

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Keywords: Agricultural land lease; Agricultural products; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Bribery; British Army; Friendship; Investigation; Jewish settlements; Medical doctors; Nahariya (Palestine); Olive trees; Orchards; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Police; Weapons; Wounded; al-Baṣṣah (Palestine)

00:58:20 - Political activities during the British rule

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻAbd al-Ḥafīẓ, Maḥmūd (Martyr); Darwīsh, Aḥmad (Resistance fighter); al-‘Awaḍ, Rabāḥ (Resistance fighter); Sāmbū, Ḥasan (Driver); al-Sa‘dī, Muṣṭafá (Buses owner).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arrest; British Army; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British-Jewish relations; Brutal treatment; Collaborationists; Discriminatory measures; Gangs; House burning; House raid; Investigation; Jewish national home; Jewish settlements; Martyrs; Massacres; Mines; Palestinian unity; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Prisoners; Prisoners' treatment; Revolutionaries; Ships; Tanks; Traders; Village siege