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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)
Table of Contents:
  • Childhood and education in al-Sumayrīyah. (@ 0:00)
  • Economic conditions and agricultural merchandising. (@ 14:10)
  • Rites and ceremonies. (@ 26:33)
  • Political and historical developments in al-Sumayrīyah. (@ 30:25)
  • Land, conflict and political activity. (@ 41:37)
  • Zionist expansion, resistance and warfare . (@ 55:7)
  • Military occupation, attacks and exile. (@ 73:34)

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