Interview with Muḥammad Salīm Khashshān مقابلة مع محمد سليم خشان

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Agriculture, childhood memories and education in Suḥmātā

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Naḥawī, Ṣalāḥ (Teacher); Qaddūrah, Ḥusayn ʻAlī (Businessman); Shalamūn, Aḥmad ʻAbd al-Qādir (Shop owner); Qaddūrah, Ḥusayn (Shop owner).

Families: Qaddūrah; al-ʻAbd ʻAlī.

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Agricultural products; Arbitration; Children's games; Dīwān; Family structure; Farm animals; Farming practices; Intervillage relations; Islamic education; Land ownership; Olive oil mills; Schools; Social classes; Storytelling; Sūq; Tobacco industry; Trade; Village leaders; Youngest child

00:18:57 - Social life, marriage, and wedding customs in Suḥmātā

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Partial Transcript: Families: Qaddūrah; Ḥusayn; Mūsá; Maḥmūd; Khashshān; Jishshī; ʻAshqūl; Ṭannūs; Aysar; Ḥamādah.

Significant Figures: Ṣāliḥ, ʻAlī (Mayor); Ṣāliḥ, Maḥmūd (Mayor); Mūsá, Saʻīd al-ʻAbd (Mayor); Samʻān, Jirjis (Mayor).

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Keywords: Arranged marriage; Bridal customs; Brides; Charity; Christians; Coexistence; Condolences; Dhabīḥah; Disputes; Dowary; Entertainment; Food; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Grooms; Intervillage relations; Minorities; Population; Social classes; Social norms; Wedding preparations; Wedding songs; Women

00:37:32 - Suḥmātā during the Arab revolt, 1936-1939 and the Palestinian-Jewish relations

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Mughrabī, Ibrāhīm (Revolutionary leader); al-Aṣbaḥ, Abū al-ʻAbd (Revolutionary leader); Mūsá, Saʻīd al-ʻAbd (Mayor); al-ʻAbd, Qāsim (Revolutionary leader); Shanīn, Faḍl (Revolutionary leader); Qaddūrah, Ibrāhīm ʻAbd al-Majīd (Landowner); ʻᾹmir, Muḥammad Yūsuf (Martyr); al-Mbadal, Mūsá Nāyif (Martyr).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Ambushes; Balfour Declaration, 1917; British Mandate for Palestine, 1922-1948; British colonialism; British-Jewish relations; Brutal treatment; Enemies; Guards; Jewish immigrants; Jewish settlements; Mayors; Mines; Palestinian Jews; Revolutionaries; Settler colonialism; Torture; Village siege; Weapon acquisition; Weapon smuggling; World War, 1939-1945; Ḥurfaysh (Palestine)

00:51:33 - Palestinian resistance and expulsion from Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻAbbūd, Khalīl (Martyr).

Families: Mūsá; Sursuq.

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Ammunition; Arab Salvation Army; Armed resistance; Attack; Bombings; British army camps; British-Jewish relations; Child killings; Deception; Druzes; Guards; Iraqi Army; Jewish settlements; Jordanian Army; Khirbat Jiddīn (Palestine); Killing; Land sale; Landowners; Military strategy; Military withdrawal; Mortars; Murder; Saʻsaʻ (Palestine); Smuggling; State of Israel; Suḥmātā (Palestine); War crimes; Weapons; Zionist occupation; al-Ṣafṣāf Massacre, 1948

01:12:09 - Return visits and refugee experience

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Keywords: Brothers; Deception; Demolition; Disputes; Druzes; Emotions; Gifts; Heritage; Medical aid; Murder; Nostalgia; Passing on memories; Personal belongings; Smuggling; Suḥmātā (Palestine); War crimes