Interview with ‘Abdullāh Ḥamīd Abū Ṣahyūn مقابلة مع عبد الله حميد أبو صهيون

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Bedouins; Constuction; Hawshah (Palestine); Income; Landowners; Nostalgia; Olive trees; Police; Police investigations; Return; Rewards; Siblings; Thieves; Tracing; al-Ghawārinah (Arab tribe); al-Raml (Arab tribe)

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ḥannā, George (Teacher); al-Naḥawī, Muḥammad (Teacher); Abū Ṣahyūn, Muḥammad Sa‘īd (Mayor).

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Keywords: British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Childhood; Dairy products; Economic prosperity; Education; Empowerment; Farmers; Generosity; Governors; Identity cards; Interreligious relations; Poems; Primary education; Public baths; Public schools; Trade

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ‘Aṣfūr, Ḥannā (Lawyer).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Nahir al-Na‘amayn (Water resources).

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Keywords: Absentee property laws; Bridges; British-Jewish relations; Carriages; Elections; Family relations; Grandfathers; Inheritance; Land deeds; Landowners; Neighboring villages; Return; al-Mraysāt (Arab tribe); al-Sawāʻid (Arab tribe); al-Ṭūqīyah (Arab tribe)

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Bayḍūn, Nājī (Doctor); al-Khāzin, Adīb (Doctor); al-Lūwaysī, Muḥammad (Shaykh).

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Keywords: Arbitration; Dhabīḥah; Dowry; Honor; Horses; Invitations; Marriage proposals; Murder; Revenge; Revolutionary songs; Social norms; Thieves; Tribal customs; Village leaders; Wedding celebration; Wedding presents; al-Qulayṭāt (Arab tribe); al-Sawāʻid (Arab tribe); al-ʻArāmishah (Arab tribe); al-Ḥamdūn (Arab tribe)

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū ‘Arqūb, Muḥammad (Resistance fighter); Khraybī, Rajā (Resistance fighter).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Palestine Electric Company (Corporation).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Arab Salvation Army; Armored vehicles; Balfour Declaration, 1917; Defense; Guns; Hawshah and al-Kasāyir Battle, 1948; Jewish settlements; Land ownership; Plantations; Shafā ʻAmrū (Palestine); Shuqayrī, Aḥmad, 1908-1980; Weapon acquisition; al-Birwah Battle, 1948; al-Ghawārinah (Arab tribe)

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ṣīdānī, Tawfīq (Prisoner); al-Zīdānī, ‘Abd al-Majīd (Prisoner).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Akka (Palestine); Arrest; Atrocities of war; Captivity; Displacement; Druzes; Escape; Expulsion from Palestine; Histadrut; Hunger; Identity cards; Jewish settlements; Laborers; Pre-Nakba life; Prisoner exchange; Return; State of Israel; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Ṣarafand (Prison: Palestine)

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Keywords: Arab countries; Attempt at return; Civil servants; Dayshūm (Palestine); Emotions; Family reunification; Homeland; Hope; Identity cards; Interreligious marriage; Jewish settlements; Laborers; Lebanon; Moroccans; Nation; Nationalism; Palestinian diaspora; Palestinian unity; Prisoners; Qaysārīyah (Palestine); Refugees; Reputation; Residence permits; State of Israel; Travel; Winter; al-Burghulīyah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon)