Interview with Saʻīd Ismāʻīl al-Uṭruq

Biography: The interview was recorded on June 22, 2003 with Saʻīd Ismāʻī al-Uṭruq, male, born in 1922 in Akka, Palestine. He was a fisherman.
Interviewee: al-Uṭruq, Saʻīd Ismāʻīl
Place of Origin: Akka
In Collection: POHA, Al-Nakba Collection
Interview Audio/Video:
Format: video
Duration: 01:23:26
Language: Arabic
Interview Date: 2003-06-22
Permanent Link: https://n2t.net/ark:/86073/b3zw36
Subjects:
Significant Figures:
al-Amīn, Muḥammad (Teacher); Ziyādah, Nicolas (Teacher); al-Ṣīdāwī, Anīs (Principal); al-Bilbāsī, Sārī ʻĪsá (Wedding planner); Qaṭrān, Na‘īm (Doctor); Bayḍūn, Nājī (Doctor); Anstas, Ḥannā (Doctor); Ḥijāzī, ‘Abdullāh (Barber); Khalīfah, Ḥusnī (Mayor); al-Barād‘ī, Abū Shukur (Mayor); ‘Abdū, Aḥmad (Municipal council); al-Idilbī, Aḥmad (Municipal council ); Makāwī, Ḥasan (Policeman); al-Dūkhī, Ṣaliḥ (Revolutionary); al-Dūkhī, Ṣāliḥ (Revolutionary); Shanārū, Khalīl (Revolutionary leader); Abū Ibrāhīm al-Ṣaghīr (Revolutionary leader); Salāmah, Ḥasan (Revolutionary); Shukrī, Aḥmad (Resistance fighter); al-Dūkhī, Ṣāliḥ (Resistance fighter).
Families:
Qiblāwī; Ṣāliḥ Aghā; al-Akkī; al-Nashāshībī; al-Amīn.
Landmarks-Places of Worship:
al-Nabī Ṣāliḥ (Maqām); Jāmiʻ al-Jazzār (Mosque); Jāmi‘ al-Jazzār (Mosque).
Landmarks-Public Institutions:
Sarāyā Abdullāh Pasha (Hospital); Madrasat al-Aḥmadīyah (School); Haifa port (Port).
Landmarks-Private Institutions:
‘Umar Ibn al-Khaṭṭāb Scouts (Club).
Landmarks-Cultural and Touristic Institutions:
al-Burj (Cinema); al-Ahlī (Cinema); Ḥammām al-Bāshā (Public bath).
Landmarks-Lakes, Rivers:
Būstān al-Bahjah (Orchard).
Table of Contents: Education, employment and daily life in Akka pre-Nakba. (@ 00:00:00)
Communal celebrations. (@ 00:09:47)
Economic conditions in Akka. (@ 00:14:56)
Medical care and community life in Akka. (@ 00:20:2)
Sociopolitical conditions in Akka. (@ 00:28:51)
Propaganda and society. (@ 00:45:59)
Akka amidst the 1948 Nakba. (@ 01:01:42)
Exile and arrival to Beirut. (@ 01:08:39)
Table of Contents:
  • Education, employment and daily life in Akka pre-Nakba . (@ 0:00)
  • Communal celebrations. (@ 9:47)
  • Economic conditions in Akka. (@ 14:56)
  • Medical care and community life in Akka. (@ 20:2)
  • Sociopolitical conditions in Akka. (@ 28:51)
  • Propaganda and society. (@ 45:59)
  • Akka amidst the 1948 Nakba. (@ 61:42)
  • Exile and arrival to Beirut. (@ 68:39)