Interview with Nāyif Muḥammad al-‘Abd مقابلة مع نايف محمد العبد

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:04 - Social life in Ṣaffūrīyah during the British rule

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ṣafadī, Muḥammad (Teacher).

Families: Najim.

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Arranged marriage; British colonialism; Celebrations; Children's games; Family relations; Family structure; Grenades; Jerusalem (Palestine); Landowners; Neighboring villages; Peasants; Public schools; Social norms; Students; Women education

00:19:54 - Dynamics of Palestinian society during the British Mandate

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-‘Afῑfῑ; Najim.

Significant Figures: al-Salīm, Ṣāliḥ (Mayor); al-Fāḥῡm, Dyāb (Public officer); Khaṭāb, Saʻīd (Prisoner).

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Keywords: Arbitration; Arrest; Beisan (Palestine); British Army, Royal Engineers; British army camps; British colonialism; Buses; Community support; Income; Intervillage relations; Jamʻiyyat al-ʻUmāl al-ʻArabīyah al-Filasṭīnīyah; Jewish settlements; Laborers; Nazareth (Palestine); Palestinian-Jewish relations; Taxes; Work

00:45:45 - Political situation in Ṣaffūrīyah during the British rule

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Partial Transcript: Families: Najim.

Significant Figures: al-Yūsuf, Ṭāhā (Mayor); al-Maw‘ad, Muḥammad (Mayor); al-Qāsim, Amīn (Mayor); al-Rashīd, Ṣāliḥ (Municipality officer); al-Salīm, Ṣāliḥ (Public officer); al-Guzz, Abū Maḥmūd (Revolutionary); al-Naṣr, Ṣāliḥ (Revolutionary); Tawbah, Aḥmad (Revolutionary).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Kanīsat al-Bishārah (Church).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt (1936-1939); Assassination; British colonialism; British officers; Buses; Collaborationists; Curfew; Families; Governors; Jewish settlements; Land sale; Municipalities; Operations; Population; Professions; Qurʼān stories; Revolutionary leadership; Sūq; Taxes

01:08:29 - Political circumstances during the Zionist invasion and the expulsion to Lebanon

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Guards; Haifa (Palestine); Jordanian Army; Nostalgia; Refugee experience; Return; Routes; Sakhnīn (Palestine); Weapon acquisition; Zionist occupation; al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890-1977