Interview with ʻAbd al-Amīr Dyāb Ḥudruj مقابلة مع عبد الأمير دياب حدرج

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Socio-economic conditions and childhood

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks - Lakes, River: ʻAyn al-ʻAlaq (Water resource).

Significant Figures: Shḥaybar, Khalīl (Policeman); Faraj, ʻAbdullāh (Teacher); Ḥudruj, Jamīl (Teacher).

Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Sūq al-Shwām (Market).

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Keywords: British Mandate for Palestine, 1922-1948; Child labour; Clothing and dresses; Family structure; Haifa (Palestine); Hūnīn (Palestine); Jewish settlements; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Schools; Swimming; Trade; Water resources; Water wells

00:12:48 - Socio-economic dynamics and community life in Hūnīn

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Partial Transcript: Families: Shaḥrūr; Ḥudruj; Ḥassūn; al-Birjāwī; al-Shāʻir.

Landmarks - Lakes, River: ʻAyn al-ʻAlaq (Water resource).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Egged Bus Company (Corporation).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Animals; British officers; Currency convertibility; Dwellings; Dīwān; Jewish settlements; Land ownership; Mayors; Means of transportation; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Sūq; Trade; al-Khālisah (Palestine)

00:22:25 - Social and cultural life in Hūnīn

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-Asʻad.

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Keywords: Anti-Palestinian economic measures; Arbitration; British Mandate for Palestine, 1922-1948; Customs and traditions; Flour mills; Folk poetry; Haifa (Palestine); Horseback riding; Land sale; Landowners; Lebanon; Marriage contracts; Marriage proposals; Medical aid; Medical doctors; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Sūq; Trade; Village leaders; Wedding traditions; al-Jāʻūnah (Palestine); ʻĪd celebrations

00:32:54 - Expulsion from Hūnīn and refugee's life

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Border cities and towns; Crimes against humanity; Currencies; Damaged weapons; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Demolition; Displacement; Economic aid; Evacuation orders; Farm animals; Guards; Haifa (Palestine); Harvesting; Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990; Massacres; Means of transportation; Mizrahi Jews; Personal belongings; Routes; Snipers; Socio-economic conditions; Summer; Ṣulḥ, Riyāḍ, 1894-1951; Tal al-Zaʻtar (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon); Trade; Water resources; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Ghawārinah (Arab tribe)

00:57:33 - Final reflections and hope of return

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Partial Transcript: Families: Shaḥrūr; al-Asʻad.

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Keywords: Antiquities; Hūnīn (Palestine); Land deeds; Land ownership; Passing on memories