Interview with Muḥammad Salmān ‘Īsá مقابلة مع محمد سلمان عيسى

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:18 - Socio-economic conditions in al-Mālikīyah

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ‘Ayyād, ‘Abdullāh (Shaykh); ‘Ayyād, Mūsá‘ (Shaykh).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Animals; Arab Salvation Army; Bint Jubayl (Lebanon); Building practices; Childhood dreams; Children's games; Currencies; Dietary practices; Dwellings; Family structure; Hunting; Neighboring villages; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Peasants; Pottery; Pre-Nakba life; Public baths; Qurʼānic teaching; Safad (Palestine); Schools; Social norms; Sūq; Tiberias (Palestine); Traps; Water resources; Women education

00:23:09 - Agriculture society during the British Mandate

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Partial Transcript: Families: ‘Ayyād; ‘Īsá, Ḥusayn.

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Nabī Yūshaʻ (Maqām); al-ʻAjamī (Maqām); Mḥaybīb (Maqām).

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Keywords: Agricultural economics; Animals; British army camps; British policy; Dabkah; Farm animals; Laborers; Land appropriation; Landowners; Means of transportation; Mosques; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Religious belief; Religious stories

00:41:54 - Political turmoil, revolutionaries and military activity

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Nabī Yūshaʻ (Maqām).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: ‘Ayn Qadas (Water resource).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arrest; Boundaries; British Army; British colonialism; Brtish army camps; Druzes; Forced labor; Intervillage relations; Jews; Mines; Neighboring villages; Police; Prisoners; Revolutionaries; Routes; Smuggling; Taxes; Torture; Village siege; al-Mālikīyah (Prison: Palestine)

00:57:57 - Battles, war events and expulsion

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Mārdīnī, Aḥmad (Landowner); al-As‘ad, Barakāt (Landowner); Sa‘d, Ma‘rūf (Resistance fighter); Zughayb, Muḥammad (Martyr); Jumʻah, Mūsà (Martyr); Muṣṭafá, Mūsá (Martyr); Sayyid, Ḥusayn (Martyr); ‘Īsá, Maḥmūd (Martyr); ‘Īsá, Zaynab (Martyr).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Agriculture; Arab Salvation Army; Battles; Burial; Defense; Displacement; Druzes; Economic prosperity; Expulsion from Palestine; Guards; Haganah (Organization); Injuries; Jewish settlements; Land sale; Lebanese Government; Lebanese army; Massacres; Mines; Neighboring villages; Nostalgia; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Qadas (Palestine); Resistance; Return; Sa‘d, Ma‘rūf, 1910-1975; Tarshīḥā (Palestine); Village siege; Weapon acquisition; Zionist occupation; al-Mālikīyah (Palestine); al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964