Interview with ʻAlī Aḥmad al-Asadī and ‘Umar Dyāb مقابلة مع علي أحمد الأسدي وعمر دياب

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Social dynamics in Shaʻb under British rule

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-Khaṭīb; ‘Abbūd.

Significant Figures: al-Khaṭīb, Maḥmūd (Village leader).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Nūr Safety Match (Corporation).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Akka (Palestine); Arbitration; Childhood dreams; Children's games; Christians; Despair; Education; Farmers; Guards; Home bombing; Income; Intervillage relations; Killing; Laborers; Landowners; Muslims; Olive trees; Population; Pre-Nakba life; Siblings; Social norms; Weapon acquisition; Women in agriculture; Ḥāmiyat Shaʻb

00:16:08 - British strategy during the Arab rebellion in Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: Aḥmad al-‘Alaymī (Maqām); Shaykh Shukur (Maqām).

Significant Figures: ʻAbbūd, Naʻīm (Carpenter); al-Ṣādiq, ʻUmar ʻAbd al-Karīm (School principal).

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Keywords: Antiquities; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; British army camps; British colonization; British police forces; Brutal treatment; Churches; Education; Employment; Interreligious relations; Jews; Laborers; Languages; Martyrs; Mayors; Mosques; Political activity; Religious belief; Revolutionaries; Shaykhs; Weapon acquisition; World War, 1939-1945

00:29:08 - Political dynamics of Shaʻb under Zionist occupation

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; British colonization; British-Jewish relations; Conspiracy; Defense; Discriminatory measures; Economic conditions; Intervillage relations; Jewish immigration; Jewish settlements; Laborers; Land appropriation; Military training; Miʻār Battle, 1948; Nahariya (Palestine); Palestinian-Jewish relations; Priests; Resistance; Revolutionary leadership; Settler colonialism; Weapon acquisition; Women; al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890-1977

00:43:39 - Palestinian popular resistance to occupation

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥāj ʻAlī, Ibrāhīm (Resistance fighter); al-Ḥāj ʻAbd, Muṣṭafá (Martyr); Abū al-Hayjah, Kāyid (Martyr); Fnaysh, Sārī (Arab Salvation Army commander).

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Keywords: Ammunition; Arab Salvation Army; Arab countries; Chivalry; Conspiracy; Dignity; Expulsion from Palestine; Family reunification; Homeland; League of Nations; Media; Military withdrawal; Prisoners of war; Return; Routes; Shaʻb (Palestine); Shaʻb Battle, 1948; Treason; Truces; United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine; Victory; Weapons confiscation; Zionist invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Birwah Battle, 1948; al-Jāmiʻah al-ʻArabīyah; al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890-1977; al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964