Interview with Muṣṭafá Ḥamādah مقابلة مع مصطفى حمادة

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:16 - Political and economic conditions in al-Sumayrīyah during the British Mandate

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Public Institutions: al-Zaytūn (Military airport).

Families:Sursuq; Sham‘ah; al-Twaynī.

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Agricultural calendars; Agricultural products; Akka (Palestine); British army camps; British colonialism; Building practices; Children's games; Dwellings; Education; Family structure; Farm animals; Farmers; Germans; Hunting practices; Irrigation; Jewish settlements; Land sale; Landowners; Military training; Orchards; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Pre-Nakba life; Qurʼānic teaching; Schools; Traps; Water wells; World War, 1939-1945; Yublá (Palestine); Zionist occupation; al-Qūwatlī, Shukrī, 1891–1967

00:28:42 - Socio-economic life in al-Sumayrīyah under British rule

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Partial Transcript: Families: Ḥamādah; al-Bunnī; Yūsuf; al-Ṣayyāḥ; al-Nāṭūr.

Significant Figures: al-Yamanī, Rājah (Landowner); al-Bunnī, Nāyfah (Landowner); Ḥmādah, ʻAbd al-Ghanī (Mayor).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Agricultural economics; Arbitration; Christians; Economic prosperity; Families; Intervillage relations; Jewish settlements; Jordanian army; Land sale; Landowners; Lebanon; Means of transportation; Nahariya (Palestine); Naturalization; Neighboring villages; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Sūq; al-Sumayrīyah (Palestine)

00:44:45 - Community celebrations and customs

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Farfaḥīnī, Dīb (Poet); Abū Nasab, Farīd (Policeman).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Arab al-Hayb (Palestine); Arab countrie; Arbitration; Bedouins; British colonialism; Britsih army camps; Folk tradition; Herbal remedies; Medical care; Nahariya (Palestine); Neighboring villages; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Police; Wedding celebration; Wedding traditions; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975

00:55:01 - Violence, battles and armed resistance

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Lamūnī, Aḥmad (Martyr); al-Khaṭīb, Saʻīd (Martyr); Da‘bis, Maḥmūd (Martyr); Ka‘būsh, Abū Ṣāliḥ (Martyr); Shanāʻah, Muṣṭafá (Wounded); Manā‘ah, Ḥusayn (Resistance fighter);ʻAli, Muḥammad (Martyr).

Families: Yūsuf
Families: Al-Sayyāḥ

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; Battles; Bedouins; Demographics; Destruction; Displacement; Druzes; Expulsion from Palestine; Guards; Home bombing; Injuries; Intervillage relations; Lebanon; Means of transportation; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Political parties; Population; Refugee experience; Return; Revolutionaries; The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Weapon acquisition; Zionist occupation; al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890-1977; ʻAmqā (Palestine)