The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 16)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 16)

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whether full time, or as Faz’a (auxiliary) rebels; secondly, eye-witnesses
to some of the events; and thirdly, immediate relatives of some of the
rebels leaders. Most of the interviewees were villagers who still live in
the villages. Only nine of all of the interviewees were urban-based. Most
of those interviewed were from the Galilee and the areas of Jenin,
Nablus and Tulkarm where rebels operations had been most intensive.
To check the reliability of the informants I combined three
methods: Firstly, by collecting information about the informant
beforehand, for example, whether he indeed participated in the events
about which I interviewed him, and whether or not he was known to lie
or exaggerate; secondly, to interview more than one individual in the
same village or area about the same events, and allowing each of the
interviewees to know that the same interview had been made or was
intended to be made with others in the village or area in question;
thirdly, letting the informant feel that the researcher knew about the
events under consideration and that the information given would be
cross-referenced. It was found that then most of the stories were cross-
referenced with written accounts, or told by other persons in other areas,
the informants were truthful, although there was some exaggeration in
them.
The information I collected via oral history can be categorised into
three types. The First are those stories and information relating to events
which are already documented, such as battles, sabotage operations,
attacks on police stations etc. Second, are those stories which relate to
events also documented, but which add more details to the documented
evidence such as rebels court cases, preparations for battles. For
example, the details of the preparations by al-Qassam movement to take
to the mountains, the incidents which took place before they reached
Ya’bad and how the clash itself took place. Third, are the stories and
detailed information not previously documented, such as that relating to
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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources

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1990-10

المنشئ

Sonia Nimr

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