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00:00:00 - Community and family life in Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Jazzār, ‘Abdullāh (Muftī).

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

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Domestic violence; Dwellings; Expulsion from Palestine; Marital relations; Marriage; Mawlid; Neighbors; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Trade; Traders

00:10:31 - Family, childhood and schooling

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Khalīl, Nadīyā (Dressmaker).

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Keywords: Bakeries; Bread; Children's games; Dietary practices; Education; Income; Languages; Qurʼānic teaching; Sewing; Siblings; Social norms; ʻĪd celebrations

00:22:31 - Wedding and marriage customs

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Ḥammām al-Bāshā (Public bath).

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Keywords: Bridal customs; Bridal gowns; Communal celebrations; Domestic violence; Dwellings; Engagement; Family relations; Family structure; Feasts; Fishermen; Gifts; Grooms; Interpersonal relations; Invitations; Marriage proposals; Mischief; Public baths; Social norms; Wedding celebration; Wedding night; Wedding songs; Wedding traditions; Wedding veils; Zaffah; Ḥinnah

00:51:23 - Ceremonies and community traditions in Akka

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Keywords: Babies; Bicycles; Childbirth; Chores; Clothing and dresses; Customs and traditions; Desserts; Dietary practices; Expulsion from Palestine; Family relations; Gender role; Gifts; Gramophones; Graveyards; Invitations; Marital relations; Marriage; Media; Midwives; Public baths; Radio stations; Soap; Social relations; Trains; Uncles; ʻĪd celebrations

01:07:49 - Refugees and living conditions

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks - Lakes, River: Nahr al-Na‘āmayn (River).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Bombardment; Cost of living; Expulsion from Palestine; Famine; Gifts; Gold; Income; Jewelry; Means of transportation; Personal belongings; Refugee experience; Shoe industry; Socio-economic conditions; Theft; Work; World War, 1914-1918; Zionist occupation; Zionist propaganda

01:20:08 - Forced departure from Palestine

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Keywords: Boats; Brokers; Buses; Children; Convents; Dispersion; Earthquakes; Expulsion from Palestine; Medical care; Palestinian diaspora; Personal belongings; Refugee aid; Refugee camps; Refugee experience; Socio-economic conditions; Trains; Zionist occupation

01:33:39 - Exile from Palestine

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Keywords: Arabic proverbs; Beliefs; Birds; Collaborationists; Death; Domestic violence; Dwellings; Expulsion from Palestine; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Hardship; Living conditions; Marital relations; Nahariya (Palestine); Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Pre-Nakba life; Routes; Trade; Traditional medical procedures; Women socio-economic role

01:42:06 - Economic conditions in Palestine before Nakba

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: Sīdī Abū ‘Atabah (Maqām): al-Nabī Ṣāliḥ (Maqām); Sīdī ‘Izz al-Dīn (Maqām).

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Keywords: Aleppo (Syria); Beggars; Death; Dietary practices; Economic aid; Fishermen; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Gold; Hardship; Interreligious relations; Jewelry; Jewels; Lebanese Government; Marriage; Medical care; Midwives; Mosques; Refugee camps; Refugee camps conditions; Refugee legal status; Resistance movements; Social relations; Socio-economic conditions; Telephone; Terrorism; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Violation of humanitarian law; Wedding celebration

02:05:52 - Refugee life in Lebanon

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Keywords: British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Construction; Marriage; Refugee camps conditions; Refugee experience; Shoe industry; Theft; Work