Interview with Najmah ’Abbās مقابلة مع نجمة عباس

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Families, agriculture and ceremonies in al-Malāḥah

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-Khaṭīb; Abū ‘Azzām; al-Ḥāj; Nāsir.

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Keywords: Agricultural land lease; Agricultural products; Arranged marriage; Brides; Building practices; Buses; Children's games; Dhabīḥah; Dietary practices; Economic prosperity; Feasts; Fishermen; Grooms; Identity cards; Income; Invitations; Landowners; Mayors; Mourning; Pre-Nakba life; Rug tapestry; Safad (Palestine); Schools; Siblings; Trade; Wedding customs; Women education; Women socio-economic role; Zaffah; al-Zubayd (Arab tribe)

00:16:18 - Everyday life and communal ceremonies

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥāj, Yāsīn (Mayor); al-Rashīd, Muḥammad (Trader); Fānūs, Aḥmad (Trader).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Wādī ‘Arūs (Valley).

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Keywords: Arbitration; Building practices; Building stones; Childbirth; Chores; Circumcision; Coffee; Communal celebrations; Cost of living; Dhabīḥah; Disputes; Dwellings; Education; Elections; Entertainment; Fishing; Herbal remedies; Hunting; Intervillage relations; Marital relations; Medical care; Pregnancy complications; Qurʼānic teaching; Rug tapestry; Traditional medical procedures; Trucks; Village leaders; Wedding songs; Women education

00:38:13 - Politics, land and conflict

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks - Lakes, River: Wādī ‘Arūs (Valley).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Arbitration; Arrest; Battles; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British army camps; Buses; Communal celebrations; Crimes against humanity; Damaged weapons; Defense; Expulsion from Palestine; House raid; Injuries; Jewish settlements; Land sale; Martyrs; Mayors; Nakba; News reporting; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Political activity; Prisoners' treatment; Prisons; Revolutionaries; Survival; Vandalism; Village siege; Weapon acquisition; al-Nabī Yusha' Battle, 1948; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975; al-Ḥusaynīyah Massacre, 1948

01:06:37 - Expulsion and refugee life

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Mūsá, Khālid (Wounded).

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

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Keywords: Children in armed conflicts; Cost of living; Distress; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Food; Gold; Harvesting; Homeland; Hostility; Injuries; Means of transportation; Personal belongings; Refugee aid; Refugee experience; Right of return; Seeking shelter; Shootings; Spring; Suffering; Traders; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975; ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon)