Interview with Ᾱminah Ibrahīm al-Bakrī مقابلة مع آمنة ابراهيم البكري

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Sarkas, ʻUthmān (Mayor); Badrān, Ḥusayn Muṣṭafá (Mayor); al-Bakrī, Muḥammad Ḥasan (Lawyer).

Families: Badrān; Khalīl; al-Tītī; ʻĀbid; al-Ḥusayn; al-Bakrī.

Landmarks - Lakes, River: ʻAyn al-Fawqā (Water resource); Bi’r al-Sharq (Water resource).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Building practices; Caves; Dwellings; Farm animals; Farming practices; Harvesting; Intervillage relations; Peasants; Rural life; Water resources; Water wells; al-Biʻnah (Palestine)

Partial Transcript: Families: Khāzin; Būlus; al-Khūrī.

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Keywords: Catholic Church; Children's games; Chores; Christians; Death; Disputes; Eldest child; Handicrafts; Interreligious relations; Land deeds; Landowners; Love stories; Loved ones; Marriage; Marriage contracts; Midwives; Olive oil mills; Orchards; Orthodox Eastern Church; Rural life; Soap; Women education

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Keywords: Brothers; Caves; Engagement; Escape; Gifts; Grooms; Harvesting; Hebrew; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Sabbath; Social norms; Vendors; Water wells; Wedding celebration; Wedding traditions; Weddings; ʻĪd celebrations

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Darwīsh, Muḥammad (Martyr); al-‘Awaḍ, Rabaḥ (Revolutionary leader).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Arab Salvation Army; British high commissioner; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Gardens; Guards; Officers; Psychological warfare; Resistance movements; Revolutionaries; Rifles; Skirmishes; Socio-economic conditions; Terrorism; Vehicles; Village siege; Weapon acquisition; al-Layyāt Battle, 1936

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Darwīsh, Muḥammad (Martyr); al-‘Ābid, ‘Alī Muḥammad (Martyr); al-Ḥāj, Ḥusayn (Mayor).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arrest; Battles; Breastfeeding; Burial; Child mortality; Childbirth; Children; Discrimination; Diseases; Dispersion; Displacement; Druzes; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Food; Forced evacuation; Living conditions; Mass murder; Olive trees; Refugee aid; Refugee experience; Revolutionaries; Rmaysh (Lebanon); Seeking shelter; Trucks; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Vaccination; Water wells; Zionist occupation; al-Layyāt Battle, 1936; ʻAnjar (Lebanon)

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Keywords: Bread; Childbirth; Conduct of life; Discrimination; Disputes; Food; Generosity; Harvesting; Interpersonal relations; Morality; Nahr al-Bārid (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon); Refugee camps; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; ʻAnjar (Lebanon)

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Dāhish, Jabr (Village leader).

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Keywords: Agricultural land lease; Attempt at return; Cities and towns; Cousins; Druzes; Expulsion from Palestine; Family reunification; Famine; Jewish settlements; Land expropriation; Land sale; Nablus (Palestine); Paradise; Permits; Political prisoners; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Psychological warfare; Refugee camps; Return; Routes; Smuggling; Suffering; Uncles; Vehicles

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Bakrī, Ḥusayn (Leader).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Beirut (Lebanon); Betrayal; Children; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Forced evacuation; Homecoming; Homeland; Ḥusayn, King of Jordan, 1935-1999; Identity cards; Nation; Naturalization; Naturalization refusal; Official documents; Personal belongings; Reconstructed urban setting; Reparations; Return; Souls; Victims; Youth; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975; ʻAtābā