Interview with Maḥmūd Muḥammad al-Amīn

Biography:	The interview was recorded on May 2, 2003 with Maḥmūd Muḥammad al-Amīn, male, born in 1924 in al-Sumayrīyah, Palestine. He worked at the Palestine Railways and later as a mayor.
Interviewer:	[Mughrabī, Bushrá] [
Interviewee:	al-Amīn, Maḥmūd Muḥammad
Place of Origin:	al-Sumayrīyah
In Collection:	POHA, Al-Nakba Collection
Interview Audio/Video:
Format:	video
Duration:	01:33:35
Language:	Arabic
Interview Date:	2003-05-02
Permanent Link:	https://n2t.net/ark:/86073/b3xg8n
Subjects:	Agriculture -- Palestine -- 20th century. Battles -- Palestine -- History -- To 1948. Palestine -- History -- Arab rebellion, 1936-1939. Zionist settlement -- Palestine -- History -- To 1948. Palestine -- History -- Nakba, 1948. Palestine -- History -- British Mandate, 1922-1948. Zionist terrorism -- Palestine -- History -- To 1948. Palestine -- History -- Zionist invasion, 1948. Expulsion -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century. Revolutionaries -- Political activity -- Palestine -- 20th century. Palestine -- Socio-economic conditions -- 20th century.
Significant Figures:	‘Abd al-Azīz, Shiḥādah (Teacher); al-Zanānīrī, Jamīl (Public officer); Khalīl, Muḥammad (Martyr); al-Ḥāj, Muḥammad Aḥmad (Martyr); al-Khaṭīb, Sa’īd Muḥammad (Martyr); ‘Awaḍ, Maḥmūd Khalīl (Revolutionary); al-Yūsuf, Ṣāliḥ Sa’īd (Martyr); Shanā’ah, Muḥammad ’Alī (Martyr); al-Khaṭīb, Muṣṭafá (Revolutionary); Sarrīyah, Muḥammad (Revolutionary); al-Ṣaffūrī, Abū Maḥmūd (Revolutionary leader); Ḥazbūn, Muḥammad Khalīl (Martyr); al-Ṣaffūrī, Sulaymān (Martyr).
Families:	’Abd al-Ghanī; Yūsuf; ’Abd al-Raḥīm; Ḥusaynī; Nashāshībī; Twaynī; Sursuq; Ḥawwā.
Landmarks-Monuments:	Qalʻat Jiddīn (Fortress).
Landmarks-Private Institutions:	Egged Bus Company (Corporation).
Landmarks-Lakes, Rivers:	ʻAyn al-Zuhūr (Water resource).
Table of Contents:	Childhood and education in al-Sumayrīyah. (@ 00:00:00) Economic conditions and agricultural merchandising. (@ 00:14:10) Rites and ceremonies. (@ 00:26:33) Political and historical developments in al-Sumayrīyah. (@ 00:30:25) Land, conflict and political activity. (@ 00:41:37) Zionist expansion, resistance and warfare. (@ 00:55:7) Military occupation, attacks and exile. (@ 01:13:34)