Interview with ‘Ārif Khalīl Ma‘rūf مقابلة مع عارف خليل معروف

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Political dynamics in the village

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Partial Transcript: Families: Ma‘rūf; Ḍāhir; al-Ṣādiq.

Significant Figures: Ma‘rūf, Ghānim (Mayor); al-Ṣādiq, Majīd (Mayor); Abū Naʻāj, Nimir (Revolutionary leader); al-Hrāsh, Fāyiz (Revolutionary leader); al-Aṣlī, Maḥmūd (Revolutionary leader).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Anti-Palestinian economic measures; Bayt Nabālah (Palestine); British army camps; British policy; British-Jewish relations; Bullets; Dayr al-Qāsī (Palestine); Education; Farm animals; Farmers; Neighboring villages; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Police; Population; Tobacco trade; Weapon acquisition

00:14:51 - Political turmoil, revolutionaries and military activity during the British mandate

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Sa‘ūd, Aḥmad (Martyr).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882–1951; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; Arrest; British colonialism; British policy; Resistance movements; Revolutionary leadership; Village siege; al-Aṣbaḥ, ‘Abdullāh, 1910-1938; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975

00:22:32 - Social relations, rites and ceremonies

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Zaydān, ‘Alī (Poet); Ma‘rūf, Maḥmūd (Revolutionary leader); al-Ṣādiq, Fāyiq (Teacher); al-Majīd, al-Ṣādiq (Teacher).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Dhabīḥah; Intervillage relations; Jews; Mayors; Medical care; Mourning; Nahariya (Palestine); Neighboring villages; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Radio stations; Social norms; Traditional medical procedures; Wedding celebration; ʻAtābā

00:44:19 - Political and social conditions under British rule

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Yāsīn, Mifliḥ (Policeman).

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Keywords: British army camps; British officers; British-Jewish relations; Income; Jordanian Army; Laborers; Neighboring villages; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Police; Routes; State of Israel; Weapon trade

00:57:58 - The Zionist occupation and the expulsion to Lebanon

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Sa‘īd, Fāyiz (Revolutionary leader); Abū Naʻāj, Nimir (Revolutionary leader); al-Ṣādiq, Fāyiz (Martyr); Ṣabḥah, Salīm (Martyr).

Landmarks- Monuments: Qalʻat Jiddīn (Fortress).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Antiquities; Arab Salvation Army; Collaborationists; Dayr al-Qāsī (Palestine); Despair; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Gold; Guards; Identity cards; International Committee of the International Committee of the Red Cross; Jews; Lebanon; Martyrs; Mayors; Military withdrawal; Mines; Nation; Poetry; Refugee aid; Resistance movements; Return; Revolutionaries; Routes; Tarshīḥā (Palestine); Treason; Weapons