Interview with Mir‘ī Maḥmūd Mir‘ī مقابلة مع مرعي محمود مرعي

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Farrel, Jerome (Public officer).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Madrasat Akka al-Ibtidāīyah (School); Madrasat Akka al-Thānawīyah (School); Dāirat al-Zirā‘ah (Governmental institution).

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Keywords: Agriculture; Arabic language; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Camels; Education; Employment; Gardens; Historical events; Landowners; Patriotism; Poetry; Poets; Qurʼānic teaching; Schools; Siblings; Strikes; al-Nahr (Palestine)

Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Public Institutions: al-Kullīyah al-Rashīdīyah (College); al-Kullīyah al-‘Arabīyah (College).

Significant Figures: ʻAnabtāwī, Waṣfī (Government officer).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Nabiʻ al-Fawwārah (Water resource); Nabiʻ al-Barakah (Water resource).

Families: al-ʻAfīfī.

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Antiquities; Buses; Childhood dreams; Children's games; Coexistence; Cultivation; Educational grants; Egypt; Hebrew; Ibrāhīm, Pasha, 1789-1848; Land acquisition; Land deeds; Landowners; Orchards; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Peasants; Pre-Nakba life; Professions; Religious diversity; Tools; Trade; Trucks; Urban life; Vehicles; Women education; Zionist propaganda

Partial Transcript: Families: al-ʻAfīfī.

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Sayyid al-Badawī (Maqām); al-Khiḍir (Maqām).

Significant Figures: Drāz, Muḥammad ‘Abduh (Mayor).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Dāʼirat al-Muʼan (Governmental institution).

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Keywords: Aid; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arbitration; Arranged marriage; Building practices; Clothing and dresses; Communal celebrations; Death; Dhabīḥah; Dietary practices; Dowry; Dwellings; Dīwān; Gold; Guests; Herbal remedies; Hospitality; Intervillage relations; Land ownership; Medical doctors; Midwives; Mourning; Nadbīyah; Neighboring villages; Official documents; Poets; Population; Prayers; Religious belief; Traditional medical procedures; Village leaders; Vows; Wedding celebration; Wedding customs; Widows; World War, 1939-1945

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Bedouins; British colonialism; Brutal treatment; Coloring; Communal celebrations; Forced labor; Humiliation; Medical doctors; Nahariya (Jewish Settlement: Palestine); Palestinian-Jewish relations; Penalties; Political parties; Revolutionaries; Swimming; Village leaders; Water resources

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Rāghib, Muḥammad (Martyr); ‘Akar, Aḥmad (Martyr); al-‘Afīfī, Khayrīhah (Martyr); Badī‘ah, Ṣāliḥ (Martyr); al-Kurd, Fāyiz Ṣāliḥ (Lawyer).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Arab countries; Armored vehicles; Convoys; Crimes against humanity; Elderly people; Expulsion from Palestine; Guards; Khirbat Jiddīn (Palestine); Letters; Mines; Municipalities; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Psychological warfare; Resistance movements; Road blocks; Threats; Weapon acquisition; Zionist occupation; al-Kābrī Battle, 1948

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-‘Afīfī, Aḥmad (Leader).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Akka (Palestine); Arab Salvation Army; Attack; Boats; Border crossing; Checkpoints; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Family structure; Guards; House rent; Identity cards; News; Newspapers; Personal belongings; Polygamy; Radio stations; Schools; Siblings; Trucks; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975