Interview with Naʻāmah Ḥusayn Sulaymān مقابلة مع نعامة حسين سليمان

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:05 - Social life in Suḥmātā during the British mandate

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Akka (Palestine); Antiquities; British policy; Caves; Childhood dreams; Children's games; Churches; Education; Family relations; Farm animals; Farmers; Gold; Harvesting; Interreligious relations; Intervillage relations; Jerusalem (Palestine); Landowners; Means of transportation; Mosques; Safad (Palestine); Siblings; Social classes; Sūq; Tarshīḥā (Palestine); Tobacco trade; Women education; Work songs

00:16:52 - Palestinian folklore, social practices in Suḥmātā

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ṣaliḥ, ‘Alī (Mayor); Ṣaliḥ, Maḥmūd (Mayor).

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Keywords: Arrest; Brides; British colonialism; Brutal treatment; Christians; Circumcision; Education; Funerals; Herbal remedies; House raid; Mayors; Medical care; Mourning; Nadbīyah; Revolutionaries; Ululation; Wedding celebration; Wedding songs; Ḥinnah

00:30:55 - Social and Political activities in Suḥmātā during the British Mandate

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Sulaymān, Aḥmad (Resistance leader); Ṣāliḥ, Maḥmūd (Martyr); al-Zar‘aynī, Abū Aḥmad (Resistance leader); Sharaf, ʻAbd (Martyr); Ibrāhīm, Muḥammad (Martyr).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; British colonialism; Burial; Collaborationists; Dignity; Displacement; Entertainment; Ibrāhīm, Nūḥ, 1913-1938; Martyrs; Mayors; Radio stations; Revolutionary leadership; Ṭāhā, Sāmī, 1916–1947; al-Aṣbaḥ, ‘Abdullāh, 1910-1938

00:38:16 - Resistance during Zionist Invasion

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Yamānī, Aḥmad (Resistance leader).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Haifa Port (Port).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Akka (Palestine); Antiquities; Arab Salvation Army; Arrest; Caves; Dispersion; Druzes; Evacuation; Expulsion from Palestine; Haganah; Jews; Mass graves; Nahariya (Palestine); Palestinian-Jewish relations; Resistance movements; Return; Seeking shelter; Tarshīḥā (Palestine); Ṭāhā, Sāmī, 1916-1947; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Jāmiʻah al-ʻArabīyah

00:53:35 - Expulsion to Lebanon and the political conditions of the refugees

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥusayn, Muḥammad (Martyr); Qaddūrah,
‘Alī (Martyr); Sallūm, Khalīl (Guide); al-Yamānī, Abū Khālid (Resistance fighter); Sakrān Sakrān (Resistance fighter); al-Asmar, Muḥmmad (Martyr).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Arab countries; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Damaged weapons; Dignity; Expulsion from Palestine; Homecoming; Identity cards; Karāmī, Rashīd 1921-1987; Lebanese Government; Martyrs; Nation; Pamphlets; Radio stations; Refugee experience; Resistance movements; Return; Spies; Suffering; Suḥmātā (Palestine); Weapon acquisition; Weapons confiscation; Women in armed conflicts; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890-1977