Interview with Fāṭimah Sha‘bān مقابلة مع فاطمة شعبان

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood and everyday life in al-Zīb

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Keywords: Agricultural land lease; Agricultural products; Akka (Palestine); Bombardment; Brothers; Building practices; Burj al-Barājinah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon); Children's games; Clothing and dresses; Dowry; Family income; Family structure; Farm animals; Farmers; Fathers; Folk tradition; Handicrafts; Intervillage relations; Jewish gangs; Killing; Landowners; Official documents; Personal belongings; Pre-Nakba life; Rural life; Sailing; Self-sufficiency; Siblings; Tailoring; Women education; Women in agriculture; Ḥaṭṭah

00:11:14 - Marriage and wedding traditions

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Partial Transcript: Families: ‘Aṭāyā; Yūsuf; Abū Fahd; Jammāl.

Significant Figures: al-Sa‘dī, Abū Sāmī (Mayor).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Boats; Bribery; Brides; Dabkah; Dalʻūnā; Economic prosperity; Farming practices; Fishermen; Grooms; Landowners; Loved ones; Marriage contracts; Marriage proposals; Mosques; Musical instruments; Olive oil mills; Palestine Railways; Property destruction; Shaykhs; Ululation; Village leaders; Wedding celebration; Wedding songs; Zaffah; al-Zīb (Palestine); Ḥinnah

00:26:44 - Traditional Palestinian songs

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Keywords: Childbirth; Children's songs; Circumcision; Daughters; Death; Emotions; Folk songs; Homeland; Loneliness; Loved ones; Lullabies; Mawwāl; Nostalgia; Singing; ʻAtābah

00:40:26 - Familial and social practices in al-Zīb

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Keywords: Arabic proverbs; Arbitration; Boats; Bridal customs; Communal celebrations; Customs and traditions; Dalʻūnā; Dhabīḥah; Dietary practices; Disputes; Dwellings; Family structure; Folk songs; Grief; Injustice; Intervillage relations; Invitations; Journeys; Loved ones; Marital relations; Marriage; Nadbīyah; Singing; Social norms; Values; Water resources; Wedding celebration; Women socio-economic role; ʻAtābā; ʻĪd celebrations; Ḥinnah

00:57:21 - al-Zīb under the British Mandate of Palestine, 1920-1948

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ‘Awaḍ, Sulaymān (Revolutionary); al-Dalīl, Muḥammad (Revolutionary).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Jbāl al-Lūz.

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arrest; Attacks; British army camps; British colonialism; Building practices; Buses; Cities and towns; Construction; Dietary practices; Economic prosperity; European Jewish immigration; Homeland; House burning; House raid; Jewish settlements; Martyrs; Mines; Nahariya (Jewish Settlement: Palestine); Orchards; Palestine Railways; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Survival; Women in armed conflicts; al-Zīb Massacre, 1947

01:06:39 - Community life, customs and resistance

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks - Lakes, River: Wādī al-Qarn (Valley).

Landmarks- Public Institutions: Maṭār al-al-Baṣṣah (Airport).

Significant Figures: al-Ḥāj, Muḥammad (Martyr).

Families: ‘Aṭāyā.

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882–1951; Attack; Bombardment; Bridges; Brokers; Building practices; Children in armed conflicts; Cows; Crimes against humanity; Dietary practices; Diseases; Dispersion; Expulsion from Palestine; Fishing; Governors; Land sale; Loved ones; Medical care; Medications; Military occupation; Mines; Musical instruments; Nahariya (Palestine); Palestinian-Jewish relations; Political activity; Refugee experience; Social relations; Suffering; Trade; Traditional medical procedures; Village occupation; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Kābrī Battle, 1948; al-Zīb Massacre, 1947