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Interview with Aḥmad Muḥammad ‘Awaḍ

Biography: The interview was recorded on January 27, 2004 with Aḥmad Muḥammad ‘Awaḍ, male, born in 1925 in al-Manshīyah, Palestine. He was a store keeper at the Department of Agriculture.
Interviewee: ‘Awaḍ, Aḥmad Muḥammad
Place of Origin: al-Manshīyah
In Collection: POHA, Al-Nakba Collection
Interview Audio/Video:
Format: video
Duration: 01:23:26
Language: Arabic
Interview Date: 2004-01-27
Permanent Link: https://n2t.net/ark:/86073/b3s32b
Subjects:
Education -- Palestine -- 20th century.
Agriculture -- Palestine -- 20th century.
Land tenure -- Palestine.
Palestine -- History -- British Mandate, 1922-1948.
Palestine -- History -- Zionist invasion, 1948.
Expulsion -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century.
War and families -- Palestine -- 20th century.
Palestine -- History -- Nakba, 1948.
Significant Figures:
al-Qūwwatlī, Shamʻah (Landowner); Ḥāmid, Fahd (Shop owner); al-Ṭarāwī, Aḥmad (Shop owner); al-ʻAbd, ‘Alī (Sop owner); al-Ṭarāwī, Yūsuf (Shop owner); Mannā‘, Nimir (Village leader); al-Ḥāj Aḥmad, ʻĪsá (Village leader); Mannā‘, Yāsīn (Poet); al-‘Abd, Rashīd (Poet); Lātī, Georges (Public officer); al-Shuqayrī, Anwar (Doctor); Mannā‘, Khalīl (Martyr); al-Shuqayrī, As‘ad (Leader); Ḥamdū, Maḥmūd (Translater); Naffā‘, Yūsuf (Resistance fighter).
Families:
Di‘bis; Ṣaqr; al-Ḥāj Ḥusayn; Ḥamdū; al-‘Awīṣ; Abū Ṣghayyar; ‘Ayn Maḥmūd.
Landmarks-Places of Worship:
Abū ‘Atabah (Maqām); ʻIzz al-Dīn (Maqām); al-Nabī Ṣāliḥ (Maqām); al-Khiḍir (Maqām).
Landmarks-Public Institutions:
Dāīrat al-Zirā‘ah (Governmental institution); Dā'irat al-Masāḥah (Governmental institution); Dā'irat al-Zirā‘ah (Governmental Institution).
Landmarks-Lakes, Rivers:
Nahr al-Na‘mayan (River).
Table of Contents: Education and childhood in the village. (@ 00:00:00)
Economic dynamics in al-Manshīyah. (@ 00:14:53)
Social history of the village. (@ 00:28:16)
Political turmoil, revolutionaries and military activity. (@ 00:41:13)
Battles, armed resistance and expulsion to Lebanon. (@ 01:00:51)
Table of Contents:
  • Education and childhood in the village. (@ 0:00)
  • Economic dynamics in al-Manshīyah . (@ 14:53)
  • Social history of the village. (@ 28:16)
  • Political turmoil, revolutionaries and military activity. (@ 41:13)
  • Battles, armed resistance and expulsion to Lebanon. (@ 60:51)

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