Interview with Qasim Muḥammad Dirbāj

Title:

Interview with Qasim Muḥammad Dirbāj
مقابلة مع قاسم محمد درباج

Creator:

Interviewee: Dirbāj, Qasim Muḥammad
Interviewer: Mughrabī, Bushrá

Contributor:

درباج، قاسم محمد
مغربي، بشرى

Date:

yyyy-mm-dd

Description:

Biography: The interview was recorded with Qasim Muḥammad Dirbāj, male, born in 1925 in Qadas, Palestine.Families: Mārdīnī; al-Mārdīnī; Bazzī; Farḥāt; Kinyār; Dirbaj; al-Sūqīyah; ‘Īsá.Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Nabī Yūshaʻ (Maqām); al-Nabī Shuʻayb (Maqām); Umm Yūshaʻ (Maqām).Significant figures: al-Dʹhaynī, ʻAbdullāh (Shaykh); Dirbāj, Muḥammad (Mayor); al-Sūqīyah,ʻAqlah (Mayor); Khanāfir, Saʻīd (Village leader); al-Mīzārī, ‘Abd al-Raḥmān (Village leader); Khalīl, Ḥasan (Wounded); al-As‘ad, Aḥmad (Village leader); al-Ḥusayn, Kāmil (Village leader); Dirbāj, Aḥmad (Resistance fighter leader); Ḥusayn, Muḥammad (Resistance fighter); Kinyār, Muḥammad Qāsim (Resistance fighter); al-‘Abd, Qāsim (Wounded); Zughayb, Muḥammad (Lebanese Army commander); al-As‘ad, Aḥmad (Leader).Table of contents: Socio-economic conditions in the villagwe. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Land and identity in Palestine. (@ 8:59)Table of contents: Socio-economic dynamics during the British rule. (@ 25:40)Table of contents: Social dynamics in the village. (@ 32:27)Table of contents: Marriage celebrations in Palestine. (@ 42:14)Table of contents: Community life in Qadas. (@ 53:38)Table of contents: Political turmoil and military activity in the village. (@ 59:44)Table of contents: War time and military occupation. (@ 69:7)Table of contents: Violence, battles and armed resistance. (@ 81:13)Table of contents: Military occupation and hopes for the future. (@ 93:30)

Language:

Arabic

Type:

MovingImage

Type (Narrower):

Oral History

Type (Broader):

Video

Subject:

Agricultural products
Agriculture
Border cities and towns
Childhood dreams
Children's games
Education
Expulsion from Palestine
Family structure
Farm animals
Landowners
Neighboring villages
Orchards
Peasants
Pre-Nakba life
Qadas (Palestine)
Return
Schools
Socio-economic conditions
Threshing
Traders
Water resources
Women education
Agricultural land lease
al-Ḥamdūn (Arab tribe)
al-Jāʻūnah (Palestine)
Bernadotte, Folke, 1850-1948
British
British policy
Camels
Damascus (Syria)
Fathers
Forced migration
Harvesting
Horseback riding
Income
Jewish immigrants
Land appropriation
Land deeds
Land registration
Land sale
Lebanon
Moroccans
Palestinian Jews
Palestinian-Jewish relations
Peasant workers
Prison sentences
Professions
Sūq
Theft
Trade
Women in agriculture
Work songs
Worship
al-Nabī Yūshaʻ (Palestine)
Arrest
Boundaries
British army camps
British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948
British police forces
Brothers
Brutal treatment
Checkpoints
Jewish settlements
Mosques
Palestine Railways
Penalties
Pre-Nakba geographical territories
Religion
Village leaders
Ancient civilizations
Antiquities
Arbitration
Executions
Forgiveness
Hebrew
Horses
Judaism
Marriage
Mayors
Religious belief
Arab Salvation Army
Currencies
Dhabīḥah
Eldest child
Injuries
Intervillage relations
Lebanese
Marriage proposals
Medical care
Storms
Syria
Traditional medical procedures
Weapons
Wedding Customs
Courts
Graveyards
Guards
Identity cards
Illiteracy
Mourning
Official documents
Olive trees
ʻAtābā
al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964
Arab Revolt, 1936-1939
Bribery
Girls
Imprisonment
Land ownership
Machination
Village occupation
Weapon acquisition
Witnesses
Zionist occupation
al-Mālikīyah Battle, 1948
Armored vehicles
Bombardment
British Army
Convoys
Defense
Local militias
Martyrs
Military superiority
Military withdrawal
Trucks
Agricultural prosperity
Animals
Bullets
Dwellings
Khūrī, Bishārah ʻAbd Allāh, 1890–1968
Lebanese Army
Military training
Truces
Yugoslavs
Crops
Generations
Homeland
Hope
Loans
Money
Naturalization
Refugee experience
Seeking shelter
Tanks
Trenches
Wahhāb, Shakīb, 1890-1980
Battles--Palestine--History--To 1948
Agriculture--Palestine--20th century
Palestine--History--Zionist invasion, 1948
Expulsion--Palestine--History--20th century
Palestine--History--British Mandate, 1922-1948
Palestine--Zionist colonization--History--To 1948
Palestine--Social life and customs--20th century
Palestine--Socio-economic conditions--20th century
Palestine--History--Nakba, 1948
Education--Palestine--20th century
Land tenure--Palestine

Geographic region:

Village: Qadas

Extent:

Duration: 01:51:03

Rights:

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

Identifier:

nn_0440_qasim_dirbaj.xml

Format:

video
mp4

Is part of:

POHA, Al-Nakba Collection

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