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00:00:00 - Socio-economic life and sewing

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Partial Transcript: Families: Dhabbāḥ; al-Khaṭīb; al-Mūsá; Ṣunʻ Allāh.

Significant Figures: al-Dhabbāḥ, Fāṭimah (Tailor).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Bridal customs; Clothing and dresses; Coeducational schools; Coloring; Customs and traditions; Dayr al-Asad (Palestine); Dhabīḥah; Economic conditions; Education; Embroidery; Entertainment; Expulsion; Farm animals; Gold; Haifa (Palestine); Intervillage relations; Mayors; Mothers; Neighboring villages; Olive Oil; Orphans; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Peasants; Permits; Prayers; Religious diversity; Return; Rural life; Sūq; Teachers; Textiles; Trade; Vehicle drivers; Wealth; Wedding customs; Weddings; Women dressmakers; al-Biʻnah (Palestine)

00:29:58 - Sewing and bridal trousseau

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Sūq al-Nuḥās (Market).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: Maqām Al-Khiḍir (Maqām).

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Keywords: Arabic proverbs; Bridal customs; Clothing and dresses; Cost of living; Dowry; Income; Intervillage relations; Letters; Living conditions; Sūq; Textiles; Traders; Vendors; Wedding veils; Women dressmakers; Ḥaṭṭah

00:46:45 - Sewing tools and socio-economic conditions in Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-Muzayyan.

Significant Figures: al-Shaykh, ‘Alī (Shop owner).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Childbirth; Clothing and dresses; Dayr al-Asad (Palestine); Dietary practices; Economic conditions; Family structure; Fathers; Miscarriages; Mothers; Refugee experience; Sewing machines; Social conditions; Textiles; Traders; Vendors; Women

00:55:26 - Refugee experience and education in exile

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Keywords: Bombings; Education; Expulsion; Family structure; Living conditions; Polygamy; Schools; Sewing; Teachers; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Women dressmakers; Women socio-economic role

01:04:35 - Sewing profession Post-Nakba and refugee life

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Partial Transcript: Families: Badrān; al-Dhabāḥ.

Significant Figures: al-Khaṭīb, Maḥmūd Sa‘īd (Mayor); Balṭajī, Umm Ḥasan (Derssmaker).

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Keywords: Babies; Bridal customs; Clothing and dresses; Cost of living; Daughters; Dayr al-Asad (Palestine); Displacement; Druzes; Education; Embroidery; Expulsion from Palestine; Means of transportation; Measurement units; Mental health; Official documents; Personal belongings; Resistance movements; Return; Sewing machines; Truces; Women dressmakers; Work; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948