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00:00:00 - Childhood and wedding customs in Akka

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Qazmūz, Sa‘īd (Prayer caller).

Families: al-Bayā‘ah; al-Ghandūr; al-Srūjī.

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Jāmi‘ al-Mu‘allaq (Mosque).

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Keywords: Adhān; Brides; Building materials; Children; Chores; Conduct of life; Customs and traditions; Desserts; Dwellings; Embroidery; Family structure; Fathers; Furniture; Groom Shower; Means of transportation; Military service; Neighborhoods; Religious practices; Sewing; Shaykhs; Swings of ʻĪd; Trains; Urban life; Villagers; Wedding presents; Wedding traditions; Women education; Zaffah; ʻĪd celebrations

00:16:27 - Community life and landmarks in Akka

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Qazmūz, Maḥmūd (Prayer caller).

Families: al-Sa‘dī.

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Kanīsat al-Rūm (Church); Jāmi‘ al-Majādlī (Mosque); Jāmi‘ al-Jazzār (Mosque).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Madrasat al-Furqah (School).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Madrasat al-Azhar (School).

Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Sūq al-Abyaḍ (Market); Ḥammām al-Bāshā (Public bath); Qahwat Shatāt (Coffeehouse).

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Keywords: Children's games; Desserts; Dietary practices; Electricity; Fishing; Gardens; Historic buildings; Husbands; Ice cream; Interreligious relations; Lanterns; Marriage; Measurement units; Neighborhoods; Neighboring villages; Orchards; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Professions; Ramaḍān; Religious practices; Rural life; Students; Swings of ʻĪd; Water resources; al-Kābrī (Palestine); ʻĪd al-Mawlid al-Nabawī

00:32:09 - Akka during the Arab Revolt, 1936-1939 and Palestinian-Jewish relations

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Keywords: Akka (Prison: Palestine); Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arabic patriotic poetry; Arrest; Assassination; British colonialism; Capital punishment; Coexistence; Curfew; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Graveyards; Hardship; House raid; Ḥijāzī, Fuʼād Ḥasan, 1904-1930; Interreligious relations; Jewish settlements; Martyrs; Medical aid; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Resistance movements; Revolutionaries; Strikes; Terrorism; Ḥaṭṭah; Ṭarbūsh

00:38:08 - Expulsion from Palestine and return visit

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Arab Salvation Army; Attempt at return; Beirut (Lebanon); Bombings; Border crossing; Children; Conspiracy; Dispersion; Dueling; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Family reunification; Hadar (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Haifa (Palestine); Home demolition; House rent; Ice cream; Nostalgia; Personal belongings; Ports; Psychological warfare; Refugee experience; Return; Saida (Lebanon); Ships; Socio-economic conditions; Terrorism; Uncles

00:55:38 - Attempt at return to Akka

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Desserts; Dwellings; Ice cream; Professions; Vehicles; Zionists