Interview with Mūsá ʻAli Birjāwī مقابلة مع موسى علي برجاوي

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:42 - Social and political dynamics in Hūnīn

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Partial Transcript: Families: Shaḥrūr; Birjāwī; Ḥudruj; Ma‘tūq.

Significant Figures: al-Shuqayrī, Aḥmad (Lawyer); al-Asʻad, Aḥmad (Leader).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Antiqities; Arbitration; Border crossing; British colonialism; Building practices; Children's games; Clothing and dresses; Currencies; Dietary practices; Education; Farm animals; Gold; Guards; Identity cards; Jewish settlements; Land sale; Landowners; Political activity; Political parties; Rain; Schools; Siblings; Social conditions; Social norms; Strikes; Traders; Water resources

00:30:47 - Political conditions in Hunīn during the British rule and Zionist occupation

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Arab Salvation Army; Border crossing; British colonialism; Expulsion from Palestine; Haganah; Jewish settlements; Jordan; Jordanian army; Land appropriation; Maliciousness; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Truces; Ṭalāl, King of Jordan, 1911-1972; Zionist Invasion of Palestine,1948

00:41:49 - War events and the expulsion to Lebanon and Jordan

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Shaḥrūr, Aḥmad (Martyr); al-Asʻad, Aḥmad (Leader).

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Keywords: Antiquities; Arab Salvation Army; Arrest; Battles; Destruction; Evacuation; Expulsion from Palestine; Harvesting; Identity cards; International Committee of the International Committee of the Red Cross; Jordan; Lebanon; Massacres; Mosques; Nostalgia; Refugee experience; Return