Interview with Muḥammad Sa‘d al- Dāwūd مقابلة مع محمد سعد الداوود

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:01 - Battles and memories

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Shāmī, Ḥasan (Revolutionary).

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Keywords: Cities and towns; Destruction; Jamʻiyyat al-Ittiḥād wa al-Taraqqī; Jamʻiyyat al-ʻUmmāl al-ʻArabīyah al-Filasṭīnīyah; Majd al-Kurūm (Palestine); Permits; Photographs; Population; Return; al-Qassām, ʻIzz al-Dīn, 1882-1935; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975

00:07:31 - Childhood, agriculture and everyday life

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Keywords: British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Children's games; Cities and towns; Journeys; Living conditions; Majd al-Kurūm (Palestine); Peasants; Pre-Nakba life; Public schools; School teachers; Self-sufficiency; Siblings; Students; Women education

00:18:34 - Economic conditions during the British rule

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Public Institutions: al-Mustashfá al-Ḥukūmī fī Haifa (Hospital).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; British Army; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Farm animals; Flour mills; Income; Laborers; Olive oil mills; Peasants; Sūq; World War, 1939-1945

00:26:11 - Community celebrations and customs

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū Dāwūd, Ibrāhīm (Village leader); Salīm, Muḥammad (Village leader); Sirḥān, Ḥasan (Village leader); Abū Rimḥayn, Ḥusayn (Village leader); ‘Abd al-Raḥmān, Rashīd (Village leader); al-ʻAbbī, Rashīd (Poet).

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Keywords: Arbitration; Arranged marriage; Childbirth; Dhabīḥah; Entertainment; Food; Generosity; Grooms; Horseback riding; Marriage; Pre-Nakba life; Social norms; Socio-economic conditions

00:39:36 - Political turmoil, Zionist occupation and displacement

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Farḥāt, Badr (Revolutionary leader).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; Balfour Declaration, 1917; Clashes; Coexistence; Communal celebrations; Decision making; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Home bombing; Jewish settlements; Muslims; Newspapers; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Personal belongings; Protests; Psychological warfare; Religious diversity; Return; Village leaders; Wars; Zionist colonization

00:52:35 - Refugee life and hope to return

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Keywords: Aleppo (Syria); Arab Salvation Army; Compensation; Construction; Death; Dignity; Expulsion from Palestine; Fall; Family relations; Generations; Governments; Hope; Nation; Palestinian diaspora; Permits; Pilgrimage; Refugee camps; Return; Trains; Weapons; Weapons confiscation; al-Zīb Massacre, 1947

01:12:08 - Homeland: Photos, official papers

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Public Institutions: al-Mustashfá al-Ḥukūmī fī Haifa (Hospital).

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Keywords: Cities and towns; Confiscation; Dwellings; Grandfathers; Landowners; Majd al-Kurūm (Palestine); Mosques; Official documents; Photographs; Return; Routes; al-Sawāʻid (Arab tribe)