Interview with Mūsá Dāwūd Ḥamādah مقابلة مع موسى داوود حمادة

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

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥusayn, Maḥmūd (Tribe leader);Ḥamādah, Dāwūd (Tribe leader).

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Keywords: Arab tribes; British Army; British colonization; Childhood; Children's games; Employment; Family relations; Family structure; Germany; Hardship; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945; Income; Military training; Military withdrawal; Polygamy; Prisoners of war; Shaykhs; Weapons; al-Kaḥḥālah (Lebanon); al-Khāliṣah (Palestine)

00:16:17 - Political turmoil and military activity in the village

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥusayn, Kāmil (Village leader).

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Keywords: Attacks; British Army; British officers; Checkpoints; Defense; Military aid; Military training; Palestinian national identity; Revolutionaries; Tanks; Weapon acquisition; al-Nabī Yūshaʻ (Palestine)

00:23:44 - Zionist occupation and the expulsion to Lebanon

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥusayn, Kāmil (Village leader).

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Keywords: Ammunition; Arab Salvation Army; Attacks; Burial; Death; Displacement; Economic prosperity; Evacuation; Expulsion from Palestine; Jewish settlements; Land sale; Medical care; Nation; Nostalgia; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Refugee experience; Resources; Revolutionaries; Right of return; Skirmishes; Theft; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Nabaṭīyah (Lebanon); al-Nāʻimah (Palestine); al-Shūnah (Palestine); al-Ḥūlah (Lebanon)