Interview with ‘Abdullāh Ḥamīd Abū Ṣahyūn

Biography: The interview was recorded on April 24, 2003 with ‘Abdullāh Ḥamīd Abū Ṣahyūn, male, born in 1931 in Akka, Palestine.
Interviewer: Abū Hawwāsh, Jābir
Interviewee: Abū Ṣahyūn, ‘Abdullāh Ḥamīd
Place of Origin: Akka
In Collection: POHA, Al-Nakba Collection
Interview Audio/Video:
Format: video
Duration: 01:20:38
Language: Arabic
Interview Date: 2003-04-24
Permanent Link: https://n2t.net/ark:/86073/b30c87
Subjects:
Significant Figures:
Ḥannā, George (Teacher); al-Naḥawī, Muḥammad (Teacher); Abū Ṣahyūn, Muḥammad Sa‘īd (Mayor); ‘Aṣfūr, Ḥannā (Lawyer); Bayḍūn, Nājī (Doctor); al-Khāzin, Adīb (Doctor); al-Lūwaysī, Muḥammad (Shaykh); Abū ‘Arqūb, Muḥammad (Resistance fighter); Khraybī, Rajā (Resistance fighter); al-Ṣīdānī, Tawfīq (Prisoner); al-Zīdānī, ‘Abd al-Majīd (Prisoner).
Landmarks-Public Institutions:
Palestine Electric Company (Corporation).
Landmarks-Lakes, Rivers:
Nahir al-Na‘amayn (Water resources).
Table of Contents: Family history and tracing thieves. (@ 00:00:29)
Economic conditions during the British Mandate. (@ 00:12:2)
Land tenure,Tribes and tribal system. (@ 00:25:59)
Tribal community characteristics. (@ 00:33:12)
Political turmoil, revolutionaries and military activity. (@ 00:46:57)
Revisiting Palestine after Nakbah. (@ 00:54:52)
Land, refugees and right of return. (@ 01:06:25)
Table of Contents:
  • Family history and tracing thieves . (@ 0:29)
  • Economic conditions during the British Mandate. (@ 12:2)
  • Land tenure,Tribes and tribal system. (@ 25:59)
  • Tribal community characteristics. (@ 33:12)
  • Political turmoil, revolutionaries and military activity . (@ 46:57)
  • Revisiting Palestine after Nakbah. (@ 54:52)
  • Land, refugees and right of return. (@ 66:25)