Interview with Fāṭimah ʻAlī al-Shab‘ānī مقابلة مع فاطمة علي الشبعاني

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Agricultural and community life in al-Bīrah

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Partial Transcript: Families: Ayyūb; Ṣawwān; Sha‘bān; Rajab; al-Dilsī
Landmarks-Places of Worship: Shaykh Bnīt (Maqām).

Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Ḥammām Ṭabarayyā (Public bath).

Significant Figures: Ṣawwān, Aḥmad (Mayor); al-Dilsī, Muṣṭafá (Landowner).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Animals; Arbitration; Caves; Childhood dreams; Children's games; Communal celebrations; Crops; Cultivation; Dhabīḥah; Disputes; Dwellings; Farmers; Harvesting; Intervillage relations; Invitations; Journeys; Landowners; Means of transportation; Mosques; Neighboring villages; Olive Oil; Rural life; Safad (Palestine); Schools; Siblings; Sūq; Trade; Traditional medical procedures; Women in agriculture

00:14:38 - Socio-religious ceremonies and traditions

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻAsqūl, Muḥammad (Poet).

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Keywords: Armed patrols; Bridal customs; British colonialism; Childbirth; Currencies; Dabkah; Desserts; Dhabīḥah; Engagement; Gifts; Grooms; Herbal remedies; Horses; Hospitality; Invitations; Marriage; Medical care; Ramaḍān; Social norms; Traditional medicinal products; Wedding celebration; Wedding presents; Wedding songs; Zaffah; ʻĪd al-Mawlid al-Nabawwī; ʻĪd celebrations; Ḥinnah

00:25:12 - Political events between 1936-48

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Shiḥadah,Maḥmūd (Revolutionary); al-Khalīl, Aḥmad (Revolutionary); Ḥamad, Fu'ād As‘ad (Resistance leader).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; Arrest; Attacks; British colonialism; British-Jewish relations; Brutal treatment; Collaborationists; Damaged weapons; Defense; Displacement; Employment; Expulsion from Palestine; Historic buildings; House raid; Jewish settlements; Machination; Mass graves; Mayors; Military officials; Mosques; News; Olive Oil; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Rifles; Safad Battle, 1948; Trenches; Vandalism; Village siege; Water resources; Weapon acquisition; Women in armed conflicts; al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964; al-Ṣafṣāf Massacre, 1948; ʻAyn al-Zaytūn Massacre, 1948

00:40:46 - Expulsion, immigration and refugee experience

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Keywords: Agricultural prosperity; British officers; Burial; Dispersion; Displacement; Distress; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Fathers; Generations; Homeland; Hope; House keys; Lebanon; Living conditions; Martyrs; Naturalization refusal; Nostalgia; Personal belongings; Poems; Regret; Right of return; Trains; Vehicles; Water resources; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964; al-Ṣafṣāf Massacre, 1948; ʻAtābah

00:54:04 - Nostalgia and Palestinian folk songs

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Keywords: Battles; Celebrations; Coffee; Expulsion from Palestine; Gold; Grandfathers; Groom Shower; Homeland; Jafrā; Lullabies; Maqām; Martyrs; Nostalgia; Personal belongings; Pilgrimage; Poems; Prayers for rain; Religious stories; Revolutionary songs; Right of return; Singing; Wedding songs; Zionist occupation; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975