Holdings: Interview with Ḥusayn Muḥammad Darwīsh

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Interview with Ḥusayn Muḥammad Darwīsh

Biography:	The interview was recorded on June 15, 1997 with Ḥusayn Muḥammad Darwīsh, male, born in 1937 in Khirbat Ja‘tūn, Palestine.
Interviewer:	Abū Hawwash, Jābir
Interviewee:	Darwīsh, Ḥusayn Muḥammad
Place of Origin:	Khirbat Ja‘tūn
In Collection:	POHA, Al-Jana, Nakba Collection
Interview Audio/Video:
Format:	audio
Duration:	02:29:30
Language:	Arabic
Interview Date:	1997-06-15
Permanent Link:	https://n2t.net/ark:/86073/b3tg93
Subjects:	al-Suwayṭāt (Arab Tribe) -- History -- 20th century. Battles -- Palestine -- History -- To 1948. Palestine -- History -- Zionist invasion, 1948. Expulsion -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century. Tribes -- Political activity -- Palestine -- 20th century. Palestinian-Jewish relations -- Palestine -- History -- To 1948. Religious pluralism -- Palestine -- 20th century. Zionist settlement -- Palestine -- History -- To 1948. Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949. Psychological warfare -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century. Palestine -- Zionist colonization -- History -- To 1948. Massacres -- Palestine -- 20th century. Zionist terrorism -- Palestine -- History -- To 1948. Livestock -- Palestine -- 20th century.
Significant Figures:	al-ʻAkkī, Aḥmad (Landowner); Ḥijāzī, Abū Aḥmad (Mayor); Sirḥān, Fāris (Village leader); al-Qassīs, Abū Mas‘ad (Village leader).
Families:	al-Darāwshah; Mir‘ī; Manāṣrī; Mḥaysnīyah; Ḥijāzī; Ḥawwā; Twaynī; Sursuq; Ḥabāyib; Bazzī; Salām; al-As‘ad.
Landmarks-Cultural and Touristic Institutions:	Qal‘at Jiddīn (Fortress).
Table of Contents:	Farming and living conditions before Nakba. (@ 00:00:00) Characteristics of a tribal community. (@ 00:07:50) Infiltration during the British rule. (@ 00:15:52) Political turmoil and military activity. (@ 00:28:46) Battles and armed resistance. (@ 00:38:23) War time and military operations. (@ 00:54:42) Land, defense and resistance. (@ 01:07:22) Military occupation and political clashes. (@ 01:23:28) Military occupation and exile. (@ 01:41:24) Humanitarian conditions during the exodus. (@ 01:54:38) Refugee life, humiliation and isolation. (@ 02:10:19)

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