Interview with Naẓmīyah Fatḥ Allāh مقابلة مع نظمية فتح الله

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood in Tarshīḥā

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Whayib, Munīrah (Teacher); al-Ṣarrīf, Asmá (Teacher); Khayzarān, Fāṭimah (Teacher); al-Hānī, Ḥasībah (Teacher); Ḥadīd, Khadījah (Teacher); al-Shlūn, Fāyizah (Teacher).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1916-1918; Armenians; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Childhood dreams; Children's games; Coexistence; Dolls; Dwellings; Embroidery; Interreligious relations; Land expropriation; Public schools; Revolutionaries; Safad (Palestine); Social classes; Social norms; Vehicle drivers; Women education; Women socio-economic role

00:08:16 - Community customs and social relations in Tarshīḥā

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Partial Transcript: Families: Qabbānī; al-Ḥāj Qāsim; al-Mu‘tasim; al-Muṣṭafá; ‘Abd al-Karīm; al-Ḥafīẓ; Abū Hāshim.

Significant Figures: Shrayḥ, Fahd (Mayor); al-Qiblāwī, Shafīq (Mayor); al-Muṣṭafá, Aḥmad (Mayor); Mitrī, Ḥannā (Landowner); al-Muṣṭafá; Salīm (Landowner); Khūrshid, Yūnus (Landowner); al-Qiblāwī, Kāmilah (Dressmaker); al-Qiblāwī, Fāṭimah (Dressmaker); Baydūn, Nājī (Doctor); al-Mu‘tasim, Fahdah (Doctor); al-Qassīs, Abū Fu'ād (Pharmacist).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Haifa Cigarettes Manufacture (Corporation).

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Keywords: Agricultural economics; Arbitration; Brides; British army camps; Clothing and dresses; Dhabīḥah; Economic prosperity; Furniture; Governors; Grooms; Handicrafts; Interreligious relations; Invitations; Jewish settlements; Landowners; Medical care; Religious ceremonies; Social classes; Social receptions; Social relations; Swings of ʻĪd; Sūq; Tailoring; Tobacco industry; Trade; Traditional medical procedures; Village leaders; Wedding celebration; ʻĪd celebrations

00:23:46 - Land, interreligious relations and community life

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Partial Transcript: Families: Sursuq; Bayḍūn.

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Keywords: Dwellings; Land appropriation; Land sale; Marriage; Nahāriyyā (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Neighboring villages; Palestinian Jews; Wedding celebration; al-Shaykh Dāwūd (Palestine)

00:27:36 - Revolutionaries participation and forced migration

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Milḥim, Maḥmūd Rashīd (Revolutionary leader); Shuqayrī, Anwar (Doctor); Muḥyī al-Dīn, al-‘Abd (Revolutionary leader); Rashīd, Fawzī (Revolutionary leader); Shaṭārah; al-‘Abd (Revolutionary leader); ‘Awad, Rabāḥ (Revolutionary leader); Abū Ghānim, Aḥmad (Martyr); al-Darbī, Ḥusnī (Martyr); Shanārū, Khalīl (Revolutionary leader); Abū Ibrāhīm al-Ṣaghīr (Revolutionary leader).

Landmarks- Monuments: Qalʻat Jiddīn (Fortress).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; Arrest; Balfour Declaration, 1917; British Army; British authorities; British-Jewish relations; Collaborationists; Convoys; Dispersion; Displacement; Explosions; Expulsion from Palestine; Graveyards; Guards; House raid; Humiliation; Imprisonment; Jewish settlements; Olive trees; Orchards; Radio stations; Resistance; Syria; Tanks; Treason; Truces; Vandalism; Volunteers; Weapon acquisition; Weapons; Women in armed conflicts; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist propaganda; al-Ghābisīyah (Palestine); al-Kābrī Battle, 1948

00:51:38 - Refugee experiences

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Partial Transcript: Families: ‘Abd al-‘Āl; al-Maḥmūd; al-‘Abdullāh; As‘ad.

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882–1951; Agricultural products; Beirut (Lebanon); Children; Collaborationists; Displacement; Economic prosperity; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Jewish settlements; Khirbat Jiddīn (Palestine); Land sale; Landowners; Lebanon; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Partition plan, 1947; Personal belongings; Refugee experience; Right of return; Social classes; Tarshīḥā (Palestine); Tobacco industry; al-Zīb Massacre, 1947

01:00:17 - Refugee life in Lebanon

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Kābrī, Ṣubḥīyah (Dressmaker).

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Keywords: Beirut (Lebanon); Bracelets; Brides; Clothing and dresses; Dowry; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Generations; Homeland; House rent; Naturalization refusal; Official documents; Palestinian diaspora; Personal belongings; Photographs; Propaganda; Refugee aid; Refugee experience; Refugees; Right of return; Shʹḥīm (Lebanon); Social relations; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East