Interview with Fāṭimah Ḥusayn Aḥmad مقابلة مع فاطمة حسين أحمد

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Community life and customs in Khirbat al-Kasāyir

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Khiḍir, Ḥasan (Landowner); al-Aḥmad, Ḥusayn (Landowner); al-Ḥamdān, Fāris (Landowner).

Families: al-Nāṭūr; al-Ḥanafī.

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Wadī al-Malak (Valley).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Agricultural prosperity; Arranged marriage; Bribery; Buses; Children's games; Chores; Coeducation; Decoration; Dwellings; Embroidery; Farmers; Handicrafts; Intervillage relations; Landowners; Marriage; Marriage proposals; Martyrs; Mayors; Means of transportation; Revolutionaries; Schools; Siblings; Sūq; Tailoring; Teachers; Trade; Village siege; Wedding customs; Women education

00:10:40 - Ceremonies and practices in Khirbat al-Kasāyir

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Keywords: Bridal customs; Bridal gowns; Cities and towns; Currencies; Dabkah; Death; Dhabīḥah; Entertainment; Farmers; Gold; Grooms; Hairdressing; Horses; Hospitals; Housing; Intervillage relations; Medical care; Midwives; Pre-Nakba life; Social norms; Swings of ʻĪd; Tailoring; Traditional medicinal products; Wedding customs; Wedding presents; Wedding songs; Zaffah; ʻĪd celebrations; Ḥinnah

00:23:15 - Resisting occupation in Khirbat al-Kasāyir

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Jammāl, Ḥasan (Martyr).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Arrest; Bombardment; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British colonization; Checkpoints; Construction; Defense; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Hawshah and al-Kasāyir Battle, 1948; Home bombing; House raid; Imprisonment; Interreligious relations; Jewish settlements; Martyrs; Mayors; Mosques; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Poetry; Political activity; Retreat; Schools; Shafā ʻAmrū (Palestine); Village siege; Wahhāb, Shakīb, 1890-1980; Weapon acquisition

00:35:58 - Violence, battles and expulsion

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks - Lakes, River: Bī'r al-Khashab (Water well).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Mustashfá Akka (Hospital).

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Keywords: Agricultural prosperity; Bombardment; Bread; Children in armed conflicts; Displacement; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Generations; Hawshah and al-Kasāyir Battle, 1948; Hope; House rent; Imprisonment; Injuries; Lebanon; Living conditions; Medical care; Military superiority; Money; Nostalgia; Palestinian resistance; Personal belongings; Red Crescent; Refugee aid; Refugee experience; Return; Shafā ʻAmrū (Palestine); Summer; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Vaccination; Village occupation; Women in armed conflicts; Work; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist propaganda; al-Burj al-Shamālī (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon); ʻAnjar (Lebanon)