Interview with Ḥusayn Muḥammad Darwīsh

Title:

Interview with Ḥusayn Muḥammad Darwīsh
مقابلة مع حسين محمد درويش

Creator:

Interviewee: Darwīsh, Ḥusayn Muḥammad
Interviewer: Abū Hawwash, Jābir

Contributor:

درويش، حسين محمد
أبو هواش، جابر

Date:

1997-06-15
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Description:

Biography: The interview was recorded on June 15, 1997 with Ḥusayn Muḥammad Darwīsh, male, born in 1937 in Khirbat Ja‘tūn, Palestine.Families: al-Darāwshah; Mir‘ī; Manāṣrī; Mḥaysnīyah; Ḥijāzī; Ḥawwā; Twaynī; Sursuq; Ḥabāyib; Bazzī; Salām; al-As‘ad.Significant figures: al-ʻAkkī, Aḥmad (Landowner); Ḥijāzī, Abū Aḥmad (Mayor); Sirḥān, Fāris (Village leader); al-Qassīs, Abū Mas‘ad (Village leader).Table of contents: Farming and living conditions before Nakba. (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Characteristics of a tribal community. (@ 7:50)Table of contents: Infiltration during the British rule. (@ 15:52)Table of contents: Political turmoil and military activity. (@ 28:46)Table of contents: Battles and armed resistance. (@ 38:23)Table of contents: War time and military operations. (@ 54:42)Table of contents: Land, defense and resistance. (@ 67:22)Table of contents: Military occupation and political clashes. (@ 83:28)Table of contents: Military occupation and exile. (@ 101:24)Table of contents: Humanitarian conditions during the exodus. (@ 114:38)Table of contents: Refugee life, humiliation and isolation. (@ 130:19)

Language:

Arabic

Type:

Sound

Type (Narrower):

Oral History

Type (Broader):

Sound

Subject:

Agriculture
Building practices
Dwellings
Farm animals
Fathers
Horses
Khirbat Ja‘tūn (Palestine)
Land purchase
Mayors
Pre-Nakba geographical territories
Siblings
Surveillance
Tarshīḥā (Palestine)
Water resources
ʻal-Ṣuwayṭāt (Arab tribe)
Arbitration
Bedouins
British Army
British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948
Coffee
Dīwān
Education
Employment
Hospitality
Housing
Khirbat Jiddīn (Palestine)
Neighboring villages
Peasants
Punishment
Religious diversity
Schools
Settler colonialism
Socio-economic conditions
Trans-Jordan Frontier Forces
Tribal customs
Balfour Declaration, 1917
British-Jewish relations
Imprisonment
Jamʻiyyat al-Kaff al-Aswad
Jewish settlements
Land brokers
Land sale
Palestinian-Jewish relations
Revolutionary leadership
Shepherds
Shuqayrī, Aḥmad, 1908-1980
Social relations
Underground movements
Urban planning
Weapons
Anti-Palestinian measures
Arab Revolt, 1936-1939
Children's games
Harvesting
Mines
Newspapers
Skirmishes
Stern
Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951
al-Kābrī Battle, 1948
al-Saʻīd, Nūrī, 1888-1958
Ammunition
Arab Salvation Army
Bridges
Children in armed conflicts
Fārūq of Egypt, 1920-1965
Moroccans
Seeking refuge
Syrian Army
ʻAbd al-Ilāh, Ḥaqqī Ismāʻīl, 1913-1953
Armored vehicles
Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949
Resistance movements
Rumors
Tanks
Weapon acquisition
Aerial bombing
al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975
al-Qūwatlī, Shukrī, 1891-1967
al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964
Bombardment
British officers
Evacuation
Injuries
Jordanian Army
Killing
Military strategy
Military withdrawal
Resistance
Sephardim Jews
Spring
Treason
West Bank (Palestine)
al-Hayb (Arab tribe)
Battles
Christians
Displacement
Druzes
Expulsion from Palestine
Snipers
Tarshīḥā Battle, 1948
Truces
Zionist colonization
Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948
Conspiracy
Crimes against humanity
Greed
Jewish immigration
Massacres
Psychological warfare
Terrorism
Bread
Camels
Decision making
Lebanon
Orphans
Personal belongings
Revenge
Routes
Suffering
Tribes
al-Aṣbaḥ, ‘Abdullāh, 1910-1938
Border crossing
Chickenpox
Cities and towns
Crops
Demographics
Generations
Health services
Israeli checkpoints
Israeli occupation
Land deeds
Landowners
Medical doctors
Refugee aid
Refugee camps
Refugee experience
Return
Theft
Ululation
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
Vaccination
al-Suwayṭāt (Arab Tribe)--History--20th century
Battles--Palestine--History--To 1948
Palestine--History--Zionist invasion, 1948
Expulsion--Palestine--History--20th century
Tribes--Political activity--Palestine--20th century
Palestinian-Jewish relations--Palestine--History--To 1948
Religious pluralism--Palestine--20th century
Zionist settlement--Palestine--History--To 1948
Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949
Psychological warfare--Palestine--History--20th century
Palestine--Zionist colonization--History--To 1948
Massacres--Palestine--20th century
Zionist terrorism--Palestine--History--To 1948
Livestock--Palestine--20th century

Geographic region:

Village: Khirbat Ja‘tūn

Extent:

Duration: 02:29:30

Rights:

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

Identifier:

jn_0011_husayn_darwish.xml

Format:

audio
mp3

Is part of:

POHA, Al-Jana, Nakba Collection

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