Interview with Sumayyah Aḥmad Ismā‘īl مقابلة مع سمية أحمد اسماعيل

Partial Transcript: Landmarks - Lakes, River: ‘Ayn al-‘Asal (Water resource).

Families: Qaddūrah; al-Sal‘ūs; Dabājah; Hāshim; ‘Aṭif; Sirḥān.

Significant Figures: Sirḥān, Fāris (Leader).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Akka (Palestine); Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Burj al-Barājinah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon); Buses; Childhood dreams; Children's games; Coffeehouses; Community support; Conduct of life; Cross-stitch; Dhabīḥah; Dietary practices; Dwellings; Employment; Handicrafts; Intervillage relations; Landowners; Peasants; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Pre-Nakba life; Public schools; Rural life; Shaykhs; Swings of ʻĪd; Sūq; Tailoring; Trade; Vehicles; Women education; Women in agriculture; World War, 1939-1945; ʻĪd celebrations

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Keywords: Bridal customs; Brides; Dabkah; Dhabīḥah; Dietary practices; Dwellings; Groom Shower; Hairdressing; Intervillage relations; Invitations; Marriage; Nahr al-Bārid (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon); Poets; Singing; Social classes; Social norms; Wedding presents; Wedding songs; Wedding traditions; Ḥinnah

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Keywords: Childbirth; Circumcision; Communal celebrations; Dalʻūnā; Diseases; Herbal remedies; Lullabies; Mawwāl; Medical doctors; Prayers; Revolutionary songs; Singing; Traditional medical procedures; Vows; Zaffah; al-Barānkī (Nawar); ʻĪd celebrations

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ṣafadī, Abū al-’Abd (Mayor); Farfaḥīnī, Dīb (Poet).

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Keywords: Akka (Palestine); Birth certificates; British colonialism; Building practices; Cinemas; Coffeehouses; Customs and traditions; Dietary practices; Disputes; Dwellings; Everyday life; Farming practices; Folk art; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Handicrafts; Intervillage relations; Mayors; Mourning; Olive Oil; Peasants; Rural life; Solidarity; Water resources; Women socio-economic role; ʻĪd Mawlid al-Nabawī

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Shabaṭī, ’Īsá (Martyr); al-Anas, Sulaymān (Martyr); Salīm, Yūsuf (Trader); al-Duqqī, Muḥammad (Resistance fighter); Ḥasan, Aḥmad (Resistance fighter).

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Keywords: Ambushes; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; Arab countries; Armored vehicles; Balfour Declaration, 1917; British colonialism; Buses; Children in armed conflicts; Conspiracy; Damaged weapons; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Discriminatory measures; Food; French Mandate of Syria and Lebanon, 1923-1943; Haganah; Honor; House raid; Independence; Interreligious marriage; Jewish immigrants; Jewish settlements; Khirbat Jiddīn (Palestine); Land sale; Machination; Mayors; Military withdrawal; Mines; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Political parties; Resistance movements; Revolutionaries; Trade; Treason; Weapon acquisition; Women in armed conflicts; Zionist propaganda; al-Kābrī Battle, 1948

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Kallās, Khalīl (Arab Salvation Army commander).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882–1951; Arab Salvation Army; Arab countries; Bombardment; British Army; Deception; Defense; Displacement; Guards; Hospitality; Nakba; News reporting; Pamphlets; Radio stations; Resistance movements; Rifles; State of Israel; Terrorism; Tobacco industry; Ululation; United Nations; Victory; Weapons; Women in armed conflicts; al-Kābrī Battle, 1948; al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890-1977; al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964; al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975

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

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Burj al-Barājinah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon); Conspiracy; Deception; Dispersion; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Home demolition; House rent; International Committee of the International Committee of the Red Cross; Nostalgia; Refugee aid; Refugee camp conditions; Seeking shelter; Suffering; Survival; Tarshīḥā Battle, 1948; Water wells; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū Shāwir, Rashād (Writer); ʻAbd al-ʻĀl, Marwān (Writer).

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Keywords: Book reviews; Conspiracy; Dignity; Disappeared persons; Expulsion from Palestine; Generations; Homeland; Israeli Invasion of Lebanon, 1982; Martyrs; Massacres; Mawwāl; Patriotism; Personal belongings; Refugee camp conditions; Refugee experience; Right of return; Tal al-Zaʻtar (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon); Victory; War casualties; Water; Ḥarb al-Mukhayyamāt, 1985-1988