Interview with Sanīyah Zaydān مقابلة مع سنية زيدان

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Children stories

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Keywords: Blindness; Children; Children's songs; Death; Diseases; Escape; Fiancés; Imprisonment; Medical care; Neighbors; Ogres; Retribution; Wedding celebration

00:08:04 - Songs and poems

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Keywords: Arabs; Folk poetry; Food; Kings; Mawlid; Olive; Plantations; Political anthems; Revolutionary songs

00:22:26 - Refugee life

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Public Institutions: Haifa port (Port).

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Keywords: Aleppo (Syria); Brothers; Expulsion from Palestine; Folk poetry; Haifa (Palestine); Honor; Israeli occupation; Refugee experience; Vehicles; ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon)

00:28:17 - Social life in the village

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Ḥisbat Haifa (Market).

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Keywords: Dalʻūnā; Disputes; Family relations; Killing; Marital relations; Marriage; Medical care; Medical doctors; Population; Social norms; Surgery; Volunteers; al-Ṭīrah, Haifa (Palestine)

00:40:54 - Social relations and marriage in the Village

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Partial Transcript: Families: Kāyid; Zaydān.

Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Qhawaqt al-Juraynī (Coffeehouse).

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Keywords: Arrest; Customs and traditions; Disappeared persons; Dispersion; Divorce; Dīwān; Elopement; Family structure; Fiancés; Grandfathers; Haifa (Palestine); Hospitality; Intimidation; Land deeds; Marriage; Olive trees; Palestinian diaspora; Polygamy; Prisons; Village leaders