Interview with Muḥammad Ḥusayn Darwīsh

Biography: The interview was recorded with Muḥammad Ḥusayn Darwīsh, male, born in 1917 in al-Birwah, Palestine. He worked as policeman with the British authorities.
Interviewee: Darwīsh, Muḥammad Ḥusayn
Place of Origin: al-Birwah
In Collection: POHA, Al-Nakba Collection
Interview Audio/Video:
Format: video
Duration: 01:15:41
Language: Arabic
Permanent Link: https://n2t.net/ark:/86073/b33s4s
Subjects:
Significant Figures:
Naḥfāwī, Ḥasan (Shaykh); al-Barghūtī, Nāyif (Military officer); Abū Zayid, Nājī (Military officer); al-Shuqayrī, Aḥmad (Lawyer); al-Dīb, Shafīq (Trader); Darwīsh, Ḥasan (Mayor); al-Ḥmayyid, Muḥammad (Poet); al-Ḥmayyid, Qāsim (poet); Khalīfah, Ḥusnī (Mayor); al-‘Abdullāh, Najīb (Revolutionary leader); al-Muḥammad, Ṣāliḥ (Revolutionary leader); al-Jūdī, Maḥmūd (Revolutionary); Hawwāsh, Yaḥyá (Revolutionary); Sulṭānah, Ibrāhīm (Revolutionary); al-Zīr, ‘Aṭā (Revolutionary); Darwīsh, Shafīq (Chief justice); Bashir, ʻĀbid (Revolutionary leader); Bayḍūn, Nājī (Doctor); Bayḍūn, ʻIṣām (Doctor); al-Khūrī, Salīm (Doctor).
Families:
Darwīsh; al-Kayyāl; Hawwāsh; ‘Alī Dīb; al-Zāyid; Khūrī; al-Shuqayrī; al- Saʻdī; Ḥbayshī; Sursuq; Qūwwatlī; al-‘Aḍm; Salām; Dabbāḥ.
Landmarks-Places of Worship:
al-Nabi Ṣāliḥ (Maqām); al-Masjid al-Aqṣà (Mosque).
Landmarks-Private Institutions:
Haifa International Hospital (Hospital).
Landmarks-Cultural and Touristic Institutions:
Cinema al-Ahlī, (Cinema); America Hotel (Hotel).
Table of Contents: Socio-political dynamics in al-Birwah under British mandate. (@ 00:00:00)
Social life and political activity in Akka during British mandate. (@ 00:20:1)
The British measures towards the Arab revolution. (@ 00:32:34)
al-Birwah battle events and the expulsion to Lebanon. (@ 00:51:44)
Table of Contents:
  • Socio-political dynamics in al-Birwah under British mandate. (@ 0:00)
  • Social life and political activity in Akka during British mandate. (@ 20:1)
  • The British measures towards the Arab revolution. (@ 32:34)
  • al-Birwah battle events and the expulsion to Lebanon . (@ 51:44)