Interview with Ṣādim ‘Umar Shiḥādah مقابلة مع صادم عمر شحادة

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood, education, and community life

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Agricultural products; Akka (Prison: Palestine); British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Children's games; Conduct of life; Education; Employment; Health conditions; Intervillage relations; Kuwaykāt (Palestine); Means of transportation; Medical care; Neighborly behavior; Pre-Nakba life; Qurʼānic teaching; Shaykhs; Siblings; Socio-economic conditions; Urban planning; Wedding customs; Women education

00:16:38 - Agriculture in pre-Nakba Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ibrīq, Muḥammad (Public officer).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Dā’irat al-Zirā‘ah (Governmental institution).

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Keywords: Agricultural calendars; Agricultural economics; Agricultural machinery; Agricultural products; Akka (Palestine); British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Dietary practices; Dwellings; Farming practices; Historic buildings; Trade; Water wells

00:31:35 - Settler colonialism and British colonialism

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Partial Transcript: Families: Twaynī.

Significant Figures: Snūn, Ḥasan Ṣāliḥ (Martyr); al-Ṣafadī, ‘Alī (Martyr); Iskandar, Muḥammad (Martyr); Ibrīq, Aḥmad (Martyr).

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Keywords: Akka (Prison: Palestine); Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; British Army; British colonialism; British police forces; Brutal treatment; Employment; Financial compensation; Forced labor; Gunshots; Kafr Yāsīf (Palestine); Kuwaykāt (Palestine); Land brokers; Land sale; Landowners; Means of transportation; Murder; Nahariya (Jewish Settlement: Palestine); Neighboring villages; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Political prisoners; Settler colonialism; Sūq; Torture; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Forces; al-Mazraʻah (Palestine)

00:57:48 - Zionist invasion and expulsion from Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ‘Alī, Khalīl (Mayor).

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Keywords: Ammunition; Arab Salvation Army; Attack; Bombardment; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Dispersion; Evacuation orders; Homeland; Income; Kuwaykāt (Palestine); Personal belongings; Psychological warfare; Refugee aid; Refugee experience; Return; Routes; Summer; Truces; Vehicles; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist occupation; Zionist propaganda