Interview with Salīmah Abū ‘Assāf مقابلة مع سليمة حسين أبو عساف

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:03 - Socio-political dynamics in Haifa during the British Mandate

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū ‘Assāf, Maḥmūd (Resistance fighter); Abū ‘Assāf, ‘Abd al-Raḥmān (Resistance fighter); al-Durrah, Aḥmad (Resistance fighter); ʻAsfūr, Ḥannā (Lawyer).

Families: al- Aswad; Ḥajῑr; Abū Dāhish; Abū al-Durrah; Kaʻwash.

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Madrasat al-Burj (School).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Madrasat al-Hindῑ (School);Madrasat al-Sibā‘ῑ (School).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arrest; British colonialism; Children's games; Collaborationists; Dwellings; Embroidery; Executions; Family relations; Jewish settlements; Private schools; Public schools; Revolutionaries; Revolutionary leadership; Weapon acquisition; Women education; Women in armed conflicts; al-Qassām, ʻIzz al-Dīn, 1882-1935; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975

00:20:14 - Political dynamics during the Zionist invasion and the expulsion to Lebanon

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Partial Transcript: Families: Khuwaytar; Zamzam; Abu Manhal; Darrāz; al-ʻArīḍ; Yazbik; al-Jamal.

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; British colonialism; British-Jewish relations; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Displacement; Documents; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Hardship; Hope; Income; Jamʻiyyat al-Iṣlāḥ; Jewish neighbors; Jewish settlements; Massacres; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Pamphlets; Radio stations; Refugee experience; Return; Revolutionaries; Revolutionary songs; Routes; Tarshīḥā (Palestine); Weapon acquisition; Zionist occupation; al-Baṣṣ (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon); al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890-1977