Interview with Aḥmad Khālid مقابلة مع أحمد خالد

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:13 - Rural community of al-Birwah

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Naḥfāwī, Ḥasan (Teacher); al-Sa‘dī, ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm (Teacher).

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Keywords: Agricultural calendars; Agricultural products; Akka (Palestine); Armed forces; British colonization; Children's games; Currencies; Education; Farmers; Harvesting; Irrigation; Land registration; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Population; Public schools; Qurʼānic teaching; Siblings; Taxes; Teachers; Trade; Water wells; Women education

00:23:09 - Social life in al-Birwah

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Partial Transcript: Families: Darwīsh; Sa‘id; Kayyāl; N‘ārī; Samrī; Dīb.

Significant Figures: ʻAṭallāh, As‘ad (Poet); al-Khaṭīb, Ṣāliḥ (Mayor).

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Keywords: British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Christians; Churches; Clothing and dresses; Families; Folklore; Interreligious marriage; Interreligious relations; Marriage proposals; Mosques; Revolutionary songs; Wedding celebration; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975; ʻAtābā; ʻĪd celebrations

00:34:17 - Political dynamics at al-Birwah

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; British colonization; British forces; Defense; Expulsion from Palestine; Martyrs; Nostalgia; Return; Revolutionaries; Taxes; Village siege; Weapon acquisition; Zionist invasion of Palestine, 1948; Ṭamrah (Palestine)