Interview with Fāṭimah Majẓūb مقابلة مع فاطمة مجذوب

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Community life, customs and celebrations

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Keywords: Anti-Palestinian economic measures; British authorities; Children's games; Clothing and dresses; Crops; Family farms; Family structure; Folk dance; Hunting; Jafrā; Orchards; Rural life; Singing; Social relations; Socio-economic relations; Wedding songs; Wedding traditions

00:08:22 - Chiildhood, agriculture and everyday life

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Keywords: Aspirations; Children; Coeducational schools; Family names; Folk songs; Land; Landowners; Living conditions; Oil press; Rural life; Social relations; Sūq; Teachers; Women education; Work songs; ʻAmqā (Palestine)

00:23:37 - Celebrations, customs and community life in ʻAmqā

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻAbd al-Rāziq, Ibrahīm (Policeman); al-Majẓūb, Rajā (Policeman); al-Majẓūb, Amīn (Policeman); al-Majẓūb, Naʻīm (Policeman); al-Jamāl, Abū Ṣāliḥ (Policeman); al-Ḥusayn, ʻAlī (Policeman); al-Ḥusayn, ʻAlī (Martyr).

Landmarks- Monuments: Qalʻat Jiddīn (Fortress).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Arbitration; Bridal customs; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British police forces; Coexistence; Coffeehouses; Funerals; Herbal remedies; Housing; Interreligious relations; Lullabies; Nahārīyā (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Settler colonialism; Traditional medical procedures; Wedding traditions; ʻĪd celebrations

00:36:55 - Revolutionaries, interreligious relations and the Zionist occuaption

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab-British relations; Attacks; Bombings; British police forces; Coexistence; Community support; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Hostility; Ibrāhīm, Nūḥ, 1913-1938; Inequality; Intelligence services; Jewish immigration; Jewish settlers; Mayors; Murder; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Trade; Weapon acquisition; Zionist lobby; al-Kābrī Battle, 1948; ʻAyn al-Zaytūn Massacre, Palestine, 1948

00:49:47 - Political turbulence and fleeing Palestine

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; City evacuation; Defense; Expulsion from Palestine; Families; Interreligious relations; Lebanon; Means of transportation; Nakba; Radio stations; Revolutionary leadership; Routes; Survival; Zionist invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist propaganda

01:02:06 - Battles and memories of war

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Keywords: British authorities; City occupation; Currencies; Death; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Families; Homeland; Humiliation; Immigration; Journeys; Massacres; Official documents; Palestinian national identity; Permits; Personal belongings; Photographs; Refugee aid; Refugee experience; Return request rejection; Zionist occupation; al-Nahr (Palestine)