Interview with Ḥasan ‘Alī ʻĪsá

Biography:	The interview was recorded on April 18, 2003 with Ḥasan ‘Alī ʻĪsá, male, born in 1927 in Ḥ̣iṭṭīn, Palestine. He was a policeman with the British Army.
Interviewer:	[Shmaysī, Shafīq Khālid] [
Interviewee:	ʻĪsá, Ḥasan ‘Alī
Place of Origin:	Ḥ̣iṭṭīn
In Collection:	POHA, Al-Nakba Collection
Interview Audio/Video:
Format:	video
Duration:	02:40:09
Language:	Arabic
Interview Date:	2003-04-18
Permanent Link:	https://n2t.net/ark:/86073/b38p62
Subjects:	Palestine -- Zionist colonization -- History -- To 1948. Palestinian-Jewish relations -- Palestine -- History -- To 1948. Palestine -- History -- Arab rebellion, 1936-1939. Economic sanctions -- Palestine -- History -- To 1948. Battles -- Palestine -- History -- To 1948. Palestine -- History -- British Mandate, 1922-1948. Massacres -- Palestine -- 20th century. Refugees, Palestinian -- Lebanon -- Social conditions. Palestine -- History -- Zionist invasion, 1948. Expulsion -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century. Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949. Crimes against humanity -- Palestine -- 20th century.
Significant Figures:	al-Turk, Ghālib (School principal); al-Mun’im, ’Abd (Policeman); al-Ḥiṭṭīnī, Abū Sa’īd (Poet); al-Ḥiṭṭīnī, Abū Shakīb (Poet); al-Rabāḥ, Aḥmad Qāsim (Mayor); al-Rinnāwī, Tawfīq (Poet); Nādir, Ḥasan (Doctor); al-Rabāḥ, ’Alī Ṣāliḥ (Resistance fighter); Sha’bān, Abū Fawzī (Resistance fighter); al-Rabāḥ, Aḥmad Qāsim (Mayor); al- ‘Azzām, Muḥammad al-‘Abdullāh (Resistance fighter); Rabāḥ, ‘Ursān ‘Azzām (Resistance fighter); al-Khālid, Muḥammad As’ad (Shaykh); al-Khālid, Muḥammad As‘ad (Martyr); ʻĪsá, Nimir ‘Alī (Policeman).
Families:	Sursuq, Salām; Daḥābirah.
Landmarks-Lakes, Rivers:	Wādi al Laymūn (Valley).
Table of Contents:	Childhood, education and employment in Ḥiṭṭīn. (@ 00:00:00) Resistance against the military occupation of Ḥiṭṭīn. (@ 00:21:13) Customs and manners in Ḥiṭṭīn. (@ 00:36:29) Political turmoil and resistance efforts. (@ 00:57:42) City occupation and armed resistance in Ḥ̣iṭṭīn. (@ 01:12:8) Armed resistance against Zionist occupation and expansion. (@ 01:27:11) Warfare, displacement and distress. (@ 01:42:4) Right of return to Palestine. (@ 01:56:0) Remembering the Nakba and the homeland. (@ 02:15:57)