Interview with Khaznah Muḥammad Shiḥādah مقابلة مع خزنة محمد شحادة

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:04 - Socio-economic life in the village

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Salīm, Kāmil (School principal).

Families: al-Afandī.

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Agricultural products; British colonialism; Building practices; Children's games; Clothing and dresses; Dwellings; Education; Embroidery; Harvesting; Jerusalem (Palestine); Majd al-Kurūm (Palestine); Orchards; Peasants; Rural life; Schools; Sewing; Siblings; Women education; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975

00:15:32 - Social conditions in Majd al-Kurūm

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Partial Transcript: Families: Mannā‘ah; al-Khalīl; ‘Alwān; al-Khaṭīb; al-Afandī; Shiḥādah.

Significant Figures: Salīm, Muḥammad (Mayor); Sarḥān, Ḥasan (Mayor); Fustuq, Maḥmūd (Trader).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Akka (Palestine); Arranged marriage; Brides; Economic prosperity; Farm animals; Gold; Haifa (Palestine); Intervillage relations; Irrigation; Jaffa oranges; Marriage proposals; Mayors; Means of transportation; Olive trees; Orchards; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Social norms; Syria; Sūq; Traders; Trains

00:31:29 - Community celebrations, customs and traditions

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: Shaykh Ṭuʻmah (Maqām); Shaykh Sarrīs (Maqām).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Childbirth; Dietary practices; Grooms; Haifa (Palestine); Herbal remedies; Mawlid; Religious belief; Revolutionary songs; Traditional medical proceduresl; Wedding celebration; Wedding presents; Wedding songs; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975; Ḥinnah

00:48:27 - Political dynamics int Majd al-Kurūm during the British Mandate

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Bishir, ʻAbd (Revolutionary); al-ʻAbd, Rashīd (Singer).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arbitration; British authorities; British colonialism; Building practices; Coffeehouses; Dwellings; Entertainment; Folk poetry; Religious belief; Revolutionaries; Rural life; Sewing; Social relations; celebrations

00:55:59 - Zionist invasion of Majd al-Kurūm

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Arrest; Attacks; Burial; Defense; Guards; Home bombing; Martyrs; Military withdrawal; Religion; Resistance; Seeking shelter; Sisters; Weapon acquisition; Weapons confiscation; Zionist invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Birwah (Palestine)

01:13:46 - The expulsion to Lebanon

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Keywords: British-Jewish relations; Collaborationists; Dispersion; Displacement; Druzes; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Nostalgia; Return; Suffering; Syria; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948