Interview with Maḥmūd Muḥammad al-Amīn
| Biography: | The interview was recorded on December 18, 1998 with Maḥmūd Muḥammad al-Amīn, male, born in 1924 in al-Sumayrīyah, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He was a mayor. |
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| Interviewer: | ‘Abd al-‘Āl, Khadījah Nawfal, ‘Āydah |
| Interviewee: | al-Amīn, Maḥmūd Muḥammad |
| Place of Origin: | al-Sumayrīyah |
| In Collection: | POHA, Al-Jana, Biographies Collection |
| Interview Audio/Video: | |
| Format: | audio |
| Duration: | 01:33:13 |
| Language: | Arabic |
| Interview Date: | 1998-12-18 |
| Permanent Link: | https://n2t.net/ark:/86073/b3ww5b |
| Subjects: | |
| Significant Figures: | al-Yūsuf, Ḥusayn (Mayor); al-Bunnī, Maḥmūd Aḥmad (Village leader); Ismā‘īl, Shiḥādah (Village leader); ‘Awaḍ, ‘Īsa (Village leader); al-Yūsuf, Ibrāhīm (Village leader); al-Kurdī, Maḥmūd ‘Alī (Village leader); al-Amīn, Maḥmūd (Landowner); al-Amīn, Muḥammad (Landowner); al-Nimir, Muḥammad (Public officer); Murād, As‘ad (School principal). |
| Families: | ‘Abd al-Ghanī; ‘Awaḍ; al-Yūsuf; Ḥamādah; Ismā‘īl; al-Khaṭīb; al-Bunnī; al-Amīn; al-Sirḥān; Aṭāyā. |
| Landmarks-Public Institutions: | Madrasat Kafr Yāsīf (School). |
| Table of Contents: |
Mayorship and community life in al-Sumayrīyah. (@ 00:00:00) Socio-economic conditions and mayorship. (@ 00:19:23) Mayor contact with British authorities and anti-Palestinian economic measures. (@ 00:44:33) Roles of Mayors post-Nakba. (@ 01:10:15) |
