Interview with Yūsuf Aḥmad al-Ḥāj مقابلة مع يوسف أحمد الحاج

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:09 - Social relations, rites and ceremonies

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Quṭrān, Naʻīm (Doctor).

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Keywords: Blindness; British army camps; British colonialism; Children's games; Cinemas.; Diseases; Dwellings; Education; Farmers; Fishermen; Income; Laborers; Living conditions; Malaria; Medical care; Nahariya (Palestine); Palestinian-Jewish relations; Qurʼānic teaching; Schools; Women education; al-Sumayrīyah (Palestine); ʻĪd celebrations

00:19:15 - Political dynamics in al-Sumayrīyah during the Zionist invasion and the expulsion to Lebanon

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ka‘būsh, Ṣāliḥ (Martyr); al-Khaṭīb, Saʻīd (Martyr); Shanā‘ah, Muḥammad (Martyr); Da‘ybis, Maḥmūd (Martyr); al-Ḥāj, Aḥmad (Martyr).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882–1951; Arab Salvation Army; Attacks; Balfour Declaration, 1917; Blindness; Burial; Conspiracy; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Dispersion; Displacement; Druzes; Economic conditions; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Haganah; Jewish immigration; Jewish settlements; Martyrs; Massacres; Nation; Neighboring villages; Nostalgia; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Radio stations; Refugee experience; Resistance; Return; Rumors; Weapon acquisition; Zionist occupation