Interview with Qasim Muḥammad Dirbāj مقابلة مع قاسم محمد درباج

Partial Transcript: Families: Mārdīnī.

Landmarks - Lakes, River: ‘Ayn Qadas (Water resource).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Agriculture; Border cities and towns; Childhood dreams; Children's games; Education; Expulsion from Palestine; Family structure; Farm animals; Landowners; Neighboring villages; Orchards; Peasants; Pre-Nakba life; Qadas (Palestine); Return; Schools; Socio-economic conditions; Threshing; Traders; Water resources; Women education

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Dʹhaynī, ʻAbdullāh (Shaykh); Dirbāj, Muḥammad (Mayor); al-Sūqīyah,ʻAqlah (Mayor).

Families: al-Mārdīnī; Bazzī; Farḥāt.

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Keywords: Agricultural land lease; Bernadotte, Folke, 1850-1948; British; British policy; Camels; Damascus (Syria); Fathers; Forced migration; Harvesting; Horseback riding; Income; Jewish immigrants; Land appropriation; Land deeds; Land registration; Land sale; Lebanon; Moroccans; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Peasant workers; Prison sentences; Professions; Return; Sūq; Theft; Trade; Women in agriculture; Work songs; Worship; al-Jāʻūnah (Palestine); al-Ḥamdūn (Arab tribe)

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Keywords: Arrest; Border cities and towns; Boundaries; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British army camps; British police forces; Brothers; Brutal treatment; Checkpoints; Farm animals; Jewish settlements; Mosques; Neighboring villages; Palestine Railways; Peasants; Penalties; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Qadas (Palestine); Religion; Village leaders; al-Nabī Yūshaʻ (Palestine)

Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Nabī Yūshaʻ (Maqām); al-Nabī Shuʻayb (Maqām).

Families: Kinyār; Dirbaj; al-Sūqīyah; ‘Īsá; al-Mārdīnī.

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Keywords: Ancient civilizations; Antiquities; Arbitration; Arrest; British; Executions; Forgiveness; Hebrew; Horses; Jewish settlements; Judaism; Marriage; Mayors; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Religious belief; Village leaders

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Khanāfir, Saʻīd (Village leader); al-Mīzārī, ‘Abd al-Raḥmān (Village leader); Khalīl, Ḥasan (Wounded).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Border cities and towns; British army camps; British police forces; Currencies; Dhabīḥah; Eldest child; Horses; Injuries; Intervillage relations; Lebanese; Marriage proposals; Medical care; Moroccans; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Pre-Nakba life; Storms; Syria; Traditional medical procedures; Weapons; Wedding Customs

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Arbitration; Courts; Farm animals; Graveyards; Guards; Identity cards; Illiteracy; Mayors; Mourning; Neighboring villages; Official documents; Olive trees; Village leaders; al-Ḥamdūn (Arab tribe); ʻAtābā

Partial Transcript: Families: al-Mārdīnī.

Significant Figures: al-As‘ad, Aḥmad (Village leader); al-Ḥusayn, Kāmil (Village leader).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; Arrest; Bribery; British police forces; Girls; Guards; Imprisonment; Jewish settlements; Land ownership; Machination; Mayors; Olive trees; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Penalties; Qadas (Palestine); Village occupation; Weapon acquisition; Witnesses; Zionist occupation; al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Dirbāj, Aḥmad (Resistance fighter leader); Ḥusayn, Muḥammad (Resistance fighter); Kinyār, Muḥammad Qāsim (Resistance fighter);al-‘Abd, Qāsim (Wounded); Zughayb, Muḥammad (Lebanese Army commander).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Umm Yūshaʻ (Maqām).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Armored vehicles; Bombardment; British Army; British army camps; Convoys; Defense; Fathers; Guards; Jewish settlements; Local militias; Machination; Martyrs; Military superiority; Military withdrawal; Neighboring villages; Religious belief; Trucks; al-Mālikīyah Battle, 1948; al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Zughayb, Muḥammad (Lebanese Army commander); al-As‘ad, Aḥmad (Leader).

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Keywords: Agricultural prosperity; Animals; Arab Salvation Army; Bullets; Dwellings; Expulsion from Palestine; Guards; Khūrī, Bishārah ʻAbd Allāh, 1890–1968; Lebanese Army; Lebanon; Martyrs; Military superiority; Military training; Military withdrawal; Return; Trade; Truces; Village occupation; Weapons; Yugoslavs; al-Mālikīyah Battle, 1948

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Bombardment; Crops; Expulsion from Palestine; Generations; Homeland; Hope; Lebanese Army; Loans; Military withdrawal; Money; Naturalization; Official documents; Olive trees; Qadas (Palestine); Refugee experience; Return; Seeking shelter; Tanks; Trenches; Wahhāb, Shakīb, 1890-1980; Water resources