Interview with Aḥmad Saʻīd ʻAbd al-Ghanī

Biography: The interview was recorded on November 18, 1998 with Aḥmad Saʻīd ʻAbd al-Ghanī, male, born in 1929 in Dabbūrīyah, Palestine. He was a police officer in the British Police forces during the mandate.
Interviewer: al-Maṣrī, Muḥammad
Interviewee: ʻAbd al-Ghanī, Aḥmad Saʻīd
Place of Origin: Dabbūrīyah
In Collection: POHA, Al-Jana, Biographies Collection
Interview Audio/Video:
Format: audio
Duration: 01:44:00
Language: Arabic
Interview Date: 1998-11-18
Permanent Link: https://n2t.net/ark:/86073/b3hs68
Subjects:
Significant Figures:
Abū Zurāq, Ḥasan (Mayor); al-Burīnī, Saʻīd (Policeman); Abū al-Nʻāj, Nimir (Military officer); Khamīs, Mūsá (Policeman); al-ʻDaysī, Aḥmad (Martyr); Simḥān, Maḥmūd Resistance leader); Sallām, Ibrāhīm (Resistance fighter); al-ʻAwartānī, Muḥammad (Resistance leader); Ḥadīd, Aḥmad (Resistance leader); Mifliḥ, Yūsuf (Resistance leader); al-Dājānī, Mūsá (Resistance leader); al-Ghuzz, Abū Maḥmūd (Resistance leader); Abū Nʻāj, Nimir (Arab Salvation Army leader).
Families:
Yūsuf; Ibrāhīm; al-Maṣāliḥah; al-ʻAzāyzah; al-Aṭrash; al-Najjār; al-Yūsufī; Khamīs.
Landmarks-Private Institutions:
Haifa Oil Refinery (Corporation); Iraqi Pipeline Company (Corporation); German Hospital (Hospital).
Landmarks-Lakes, Rivers:
Wādī al-Qarn (Valley).
Table of Contents: Employment in the British Police forces. (@ 00:00:00)
British Police activity and army mistreatment during the Arab Revolt, 1936-1939. (@ 00:27:46)
Zionist invasion and Palestinian resistance. (@ 00:35:15)
Zionist occupation and expulsion. (@ 01:00:8)
Return to Palestine and resistance. (@ 01:23:24)
Table of Contents:
  • Employment in the British Police forces . (@ 0:00)
  • British Police activity and army mistreatment during the Arab Revolt, 1936-1939. (@ 27:46)
  • Zionist invasion and Palestinian resistance. (@ 35:15)
  • Zionist occupation and expulsion. (@ 60:8)
  • Return to Palestine and resistance . (@ 83:24)