Interview with ‘Ā'ishah Sa‘īd al-Madʹhūn مقابلة مع عائشة سعيد المدهون

Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Private Institutions: Madrasat al-Zahrā’ (School); Collège des Frères de Jaffa (School); National Christian Orthodox School (School) ; Madrasat al-Rahibāt (School); Madrasat al-Falāḥ (School);Jāmiʻat al-Quds (University); al-Bank al-ʻArabī (Bank); British Bank (Bank); Palestine Iron and Brass Foundry LTd (Corporation).

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

Families: Abū Laban; Dājānī; Dabbāgh; Jār Allāh; Ṣalībā; Ṭūbāṣī; Bīṭār; al-Zaʻbalāwī; al-Ayyūbī; ʻAzzūnī; Bāmiyah; Baydas.

Significant Figures: al-Dabbāgh, Mufīdah (Teacher); al-Dabbāgh, Kāmilah (Teacher); Jār Allāh, Sārah (Teacher); Ṣfayr, Nadá (Teacher); al-Sha‘rāwī, Fāṭimah (Teacher); Shāhīn, Lydia (School principal); Shāhīn, Farīdah (Teacher).

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Arrest; Childhood; Childhood dreams; Chores; Cross-stitch; Dwellings; Economic prosperity; Education; Embroidery; Family structure; Fathers; Handicrafts; House raid; Interreligious relations; Jaffa (Palestine); Jaffa oranges; Landowners; Means of transportation; Nabī Rūbīn festival; Neighbors; Orchards; Pre-Nakba life; Religious ceremonies; Religious education; Sailing; Siblings; Social norms; Social relations; Students; Tailoring; Tel Aviv (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Traders; Women socio-economic role; al-Ittiḥād al-ʻām lil Marʼah al-Filasṭīnīyah

Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: Sayyidnā ʻAlī (Maqām); al-Nabī Rūbīn (Maqām).

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Brides; Children's songs; Circumcision; Customs and traditions; Dance; Dietary practices; Feasts; Grooms; Hairdressing; Jaffa (Palestine); Journeys; Landowners; Marriage proposals; Mawlid; Orchards; Social relations; Vehicles; Wedding songs; Wedding traditions; Zionist colonization; ʻĪd celebrations; Ḥijāb

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Dājānī, F ūʼād (Doctor); Abū Khalīl, Emile (Doctor); al-Dājānī, Zuhdī (Doctor); Haykal, Yūsuf (Doctor); al-Madʹhūn, Sa‘īd (Leader); Abū Laban, Ḥāmid (Leader).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Mustashfá Fuʼād al-Dājānī (Hospital); Collège des Frères de Jaffa (School); al-Bank al- ʻArabī (Bank).

Landmarks- Public Institutions:Chamber of Commerce (Governmental institutions); Mustashfá al-Baladīyah (Hospital).

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Arbitration; British colonialism; Children; Cinemas; Clothing and dresses; Community support; Diseases; Education; Entertainment; Feasts; Fishing; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Gifts; Health services; Interpersonal relations; Mayors; Medical care; Professions; Sailing; Schools; Social receptions; Theaters; Vaccination; Women education; Women socio-economic role; Ḥijāb

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ayyūbī, Ḥarb (Prisoner); al-Nimir, Rif'at (Prisoner).

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Keywords: Abū al-Ghawsh (Prison: Palestine); Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Armed patrols; Arrest; Balfour Declaration, 1917; British colonialism; Curfew; Discrimination practices; Emotions; House raid; Imprisonment; Interrogations; Jaffa (Palestine); Jewish immigrants; Leaders; Orchards; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Patriotism; Police investigations; Political parties; Political prisoners; Revolutionaries; Social associations; Social welfare; Strikes; Weapons; Women in armed conflicts; al-Mazraʻah (Prison: Palestine); al-Ramlah (Prison: Palestine); al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975; ʻAtlīt (Prison: Palestine); Ḥattah (Palestine)

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al Ṣalāḥī, Ibrahīm (Martyr); Abū Dayyā, Ibrahīm (Revolutionary leader).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: al-Bank al- ʻArabī (Bank).

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890–1977; Attacks; Bombings; British-Jewish relations; Coexistence; Discrimination practices; Jewish settlements; Land brokers; Land sale; Palestinian resistance; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Revolutionaries; Tel Aviv (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Traitors; Weapon acquisition; al-Qasṭal Battle, 1948; Ḥusaynī, ʻAbd al-Qādir Mūsá, 1908-1948

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

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: British colonialism; British-Jewish relations; Collaborationists; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; European Jewish immigration; Expulsion from Palestine; Fidā’iyyīn; Hope; News; Palestinian resistance; Partition plan, 1947; Political activity; Protests against settlements; Radio stations; Sailing; Settler colonialism; State of Israel; Victory; Weapons; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist colonization; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975

Partial Transcript: Families: al-Kayyālī; al-Nimir; al-Ayyūbī; al-Dājānī; Baydas.

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Keywords: Airplanes; Beirut (Lebanon); Boats; Bombardment; Children in armed conflicts; City occupation; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Distress; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Famine; Generations; Gifts; Honor; Interreligious marriage; Jaffa oranges; Massacres; Official documents; Patriotism; Personal belongings; Pistols; Sewing; Spring; Suffering; Truces; Trucks; Tyre (Lebanon)

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Keywords: Arab countries; Armed resistance; Birth certificates; Building practices; Children; Currencies; Heritage; Hope; Jewels; Land deeds; Landowners; Languages; Lebanon; Personal belongings; Property destruction; Refugee aid; Return; Revolutionaries; Right of return; Socio-economic conditions; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Work; Zionist occupation