Interview with ‘Abdullāh Ḥamīd Abū Ṣahyūn

Title:

Interview with ‘Abdullāh Ḥamīd Abū Ṣahyūn
مقابلة مع عبد الله حميد أبو صهيون

Creator:

Interviewee: Abū Ṣahyūn, ‘Abdullāh Ḥamīd
Interviewer: Abū Hawwāsh, Jābir

Contributor:

أبو صهيون، عبد الله حميد
أبو هواش، جابر

Date:

2003-04-24
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Description:

Biography: The interview was recorded on April 24, 2003 with ‘Abdullāh Ḥamīd Abū Ṣahyūn, male, born in 1931 in Akka, Palestine.Landmarks-Public Institutions: Palestine Electric Company (Corporation).Significant figures: Ḥannā, George (Teacher); al-Naḥawī, Muḥammad (Teacher); Abū Ṣahyūn, Muḥammad Sa‘īd (Mayor); ‘Aṣfūr, Ḥannā (Lawyer); Bayḍūn, Nājī (Doctor); al-Khāzin, Adīb (Doctor); al-Lūwaysī, Muḥammad (Shaykh); Abū ‘Arqūb, Muḥammad (Resistance fighter); Khraybī, Rajā (Resistance fighter); al-Ṣīdānī, Tawfīq (Prisoner); al-Zīdānī, ‘Abd al-Majīd (Prisoner).Table of contents: Family history and tracing thieves . (@ 0:29)Table of contents: Economic conditions during the British Mandate. (@ 12:2)Table of contents: Land tenure,Tribes and tribal system. (@ 25:59)Table of contents: Tribal community characteristics. (@ 33:12)Table of contents: Political turmoil, revolutionaries and military activity . (@ 46:57)Table of contents: Revisiting Palestine after Nakbah. (@ 54:52)Table of contents: Land, refugees and right of return. (@ 66:25)

Language:

Arabic

Type:

MovingImage

Type (Narrower):

Oral History

Type (Broader):

Video

Subject:

Akka (Palestine)
al-Ghawārinah (Arab tribe)
al-Raml (Arab tribe)
Bedouins
Constuction
Hawshah (Palestine)
Income
Landowners
Nostalgia
Olive trees
Police
Police investigations
Return
Rewards
Siblings
Thieves
Tracing
British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948
Childhood
Dairy products
Economic prosperity
Education
Empowerment
Farmers
Generosity
Governors
Identity cards
Interreligious relations
Poems
Primary education
Public baths
Public schools
Trade
Absentee property laws
al-Mraysāt (Arab tribe)
al-Sawāʻid (Arab tribe)
al-Ṭūqīyah (Arab tribe)
Bridges
British-Jewish relations
Carriages
Elections
Family relations
Grandfathers
Inheritance
Land deeds
Neighboring villages
al-Ḥamdūn (Arab tribe)
al-Qulayṭāt (Arab tribe)
al-ʻArāmishah (Arab tribe)
Arbitration
Dhabīḥah
Dowry
Honor
Horses
Invitations
Marriage proposals
Murder
Revenge
Revolutionary songs
Social norms
Tribal customs
Village leaders
Wedding celebration
Wedding presents
al-Birwah Battle, 1948
Arab Salvation Army
Armored vehicles
Balfour Declaration, 1917
Defense
Guns
Hawshah and al-Kasāyir Battle, 1948
Jewish settlements
Land ownership
Plantations
Shafā ʻAmrū (Palestine)
Shuqayrī, Aḥmad, 1908-1980
Weapon acquisition
Aerial bombing
al-Ṣarafand (Prison: Palestine)
Arrest
Atrocities of war
Captivity
Displacement
Druzes
Escape
Expulsion from Palestine
Histadrut
Hunger
Laborers
Pre-Nakba life
Prisoner exchange
State of Israel
Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948
al-Burghulīyah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon)
Arab countries
Attempt at return
Civil servants
Dayshūm (Palestine)
Emotions
Family reunification
Homeland
Hope
Interreligious marriage
Lebanon
Moroccans
Nation
Nationalism
Palestinian diaspora
Palestinian unity
Prisoners
Qaysārīyah (Palestine)
Refugees
Reputation
Residence permits
Travel
Winter
Tribes--Political activity--Palestine--20th century
Palestine--Socio-economic conditions--20th century
Palestine--History--British Mandate, 1922-1948
Palestine--History--Zionist invasion, 1948
Refugees, Palestinian--Lebanon--Social conditions
Land tenure--Palestine
Weddings--Palestine--20th century
Expulsion--Palestine--History--20th century
Bedouins--Palestine--Social life and customs--20th century
Education--Palestine--20th century

Geographic region:

Village: Akka

Extent:

Duration: 01:20:38

Rights:

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The copyright holder of this interview is the Nakba Archive, all rights reserved.

Identifier:

nn_0436_abdullah_abu_sahyun.xml

Format:

video
mp4

Is part of:

POHA, Al-Nakba Collection

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