Interview with Aḥmad Salīm al-Khaṭīb

Biography: The interview was recorded on September 8, 2003 with Aḥmad Salīm al-Khaṭīb, male, born in 1912 in al-Rās al-Aḥmar, Palestine.
Interviewee: al-Khaṭīb, Aḥmad Salīm
Place of Origin: al-Rās al-Aḥmar
In Collection: POHA, Al-Nakba Collection
Interview Audio/Video:
Format: video
Duration: 01:18:28
Language: Arabic
Interview Date: 2003-09-08
Permanent Link: https://n2t.net/ark:/86073/b3b61z
Subjects:
Significant Figures:
al-Murād, Rashid (Teacher); al-Khaṭīb, Faṭṭūm (Midwife); Ayyūb, ʻAbd al-Raḥīm (Mayor); al-Ḥiṭṭīnī, Muṣṭafá (Poet); al-Shaʻbī, Abū Khalīl (Poet); al-Khaṭīb, Ḥannā al- ʻAlī (Musician); al-Khaṭīb, ʻAlī As‘ad (Musician); al-Khaṭīb, Muḥyī al-Dīn (Village leader); Ayyūb, Tawfīq (Village leader); al-Khaṭīb, Aḥmad ‘Abd al-Qādir (Singer); Qaddūrah, Jamāl (Doctor); Qaddūrah, Ṣalāḥ (Doctor); al- Hirish, Fayyāḍ (Martyr); Shāhīn, Aḥmad (Revolutionary).
Families:
Ayyūb; al-Shāyib; al-Khaṭīb.
Landmarks-Places of Worship:
Qādirīyah (Maqām).
Landmarks-Lakes, Rivers:
Jabal al-Jarmaq (Mountain).
Table of Contents: Childhood and education in Raʼs al-Aḥmar. (@ 00:00:00)
Community relations and ceremonial practices in Raʼs al-Aḥmar. (@ 00:10:10)
Social practices, political turmoil and resistance. (@ 00:25:35)
Society and conflict during Mandate Palestine. (@ 00:40:24)
Battles and armed resistance. (@ 00:53:56)
Military occupation and expulsion from Palestine. (@ 01:03:26)
Table of Contents:
  • Childhood and education in Raʼs al-Aḥmar. (@ 0:00)
  • Community relations and ceremonial practices in Raʼs al-Aḥmar. (@ 10:10)
  • Social practices, political turmoil and resistance. (@ 25:35)
  • Society and conflict during Mandate Palestine. (@ 40:24)
  • Battles and armed resistance. (@ 53:56)
  • Military occupation and expulsion from Palestine. (@ 63:26)