Interview with ʻAbdullāh Muḥammad al-Sayyid
Biography: | The interview was recorded on November 17, 1998 with ʻAbdullāh Muḥammad al-Sayyid, male, born in 1924 in Saʻsaʻ, Palestine and resides in Nahr al-Bārid Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He served in the British Police forces in Palestine during the mandate. |
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Interviewer: | al-Maṣrī, Muḥammad |
Interviewee: | al-Sayyid, ʻAbdullāh Muḥammad |
Place of Origin: | Saʻsaʻ |
In Collection: | POHA, Al-Jana, Biographies Collection |
Interview Audio/Video: | |
Format: | audio |
Duration: | 02:07:43 |
Language: | Arabic |
Interview Date: | 1998-11-17 |
Permanent Link: | https://n2t.net/ark:/86073/b35g96 |
Subjects: | |
Significant Figures: | al-Sayyid, Muḥammad Maḥāsin (Mayor); Wihbī, Zaydān (Mayor); ʻAbd al-Rāziq, Riḍā (Scout leader); Yāsīn, Yāsīn (Martyr); al-Dīb, Shaykhah (Martyr); ʻAzzām, Maḥmūd (Martyr); al-Sayyid, Abū Muḥammad Dyāb (Resistance fighter); al-Sayyid, Saʻīd ʻAbd al-Khāliq (Resistance fighter); Qaddūrah, ʻAbd al-Majīd (Martyr); al-Balʻūs, Ṣubḥī (Scout trainer); ‘Abdullāh al-Aṣbaḥ (Resistance leader. |
Families: | al-Sayyid; Wihbī; al-Ḥāj; al-Shaykh Khalīl; Qaddūrah. |
Landmarks-Public Institutions: | Maḥkamat al-Ṣulḥ (Governmental institution); Maṭār al-Jāʻūnah (Airport). |
Landmarks-Private Institutions: | Haifa Cigarettes Manufacture (Corporation); Sharikat al-Ittīḥād (Corporation). |
Landmarks-Lakes, Rivers: | al-Jarmaq (Mountain); Wādī Fārah (Valley); Wādī al-Jish (Valley); ‘Ayn al-Zghīrih (Water resource); ‘Ayn al-Ḥmaymih (Water resource); Ayn al-Badawīyah (Water resource). |
Table of Contents: |
Agriculture and rural conditions in Saʻsaʻ. (@ 00:00:00) Agriculture and rural life. (@ 00:22:14) Economic conditions in Saʻsaʻ during the British Mandate. (@ 00:51:9) Employment in the British police forces. (@ 01:15:16) Zionist Invasion of Palestine in 1948 and expulsion. (@ 01:27:49) Expulsion from Saʻsaʻ and hope of return. (@ 01:44:32) Scout incident and martyrdom of resistance leader ‘Abdullāh al-Aṣbaḥ. (@ 01:56:23) |