Interview with Ṣubḥīyah ‘Alī Yūnus and Fawzī Maḥmūd Abū ‘Alūl مقابلة مع صبحية علي يونس وفوزي محمود أبو علول

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Socio-economic conditions and everyday life in Lūbyā

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Sūq al-Jraynī (Market).

Significant Figures: Abū Dhays, Ḥasan (Leader); al-‘Abd, Khalīl (Leader).

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Keywords: Agricultural land lease; Agricultural products; British colonialism; Camels; Children's games; Dairy products; Farm animals; Farmers; Flour mills; Intervillage relations; Landowners; Money; Mosques; Neighboring villages; Professions; Rural life; Shaykhs; Siblings; Social classes; Socio-economic conditions; Trade; Urban planning; Widows; Women education; Women in agriculture; Women socio-economic role; ʻĪd celebrations

00:17:04 - Marriage, family relations and community life in Lūbyā

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū Dhays, Ḥasan (Village leader); al-‘Abbād, Fāṭimah (Doctor).

Families: al-Shahāybah.

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Keywords: Arranged marriage; Bribery; Bridal customs; Burial; Children; Circumcision; Condolences; Custody; Death; Desserts; Dowry; Family relations; Family structure; Folk songs; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Inheritance; Intervillage relations; Marriage contracts; Marriage proposals; Medical care; Nawar; Prayers for rain; Religious belief; Singing; Traditional medical procedures; Wedding songs; Wedding traditions; Zaffah

00:35:34 - Social and political relations in Lūbyā

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū Dhays, Ḥassan (Village leader); al-Ibrāhīm, Muḥammad (Village leader); Dallāshah, Aḥmad (Martyr); al-Khalīl, Saʻīd (Martyr).

Families: Shihāb; ‘Aṭwāṭ; ‘Ajāynah.

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Attack; Battles; British colonialism; Building practices; Camels; Curfew; Defense; Dwellings; Family farms; Farming practices; Guards; Harvesting; Intervillage relations; Martyrs; Mass murder; Oppression; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Political activity; Resistance; Trade; Trenches; Village siege; Women in agriculture; Women in armed conflicts; Zaffah

00:50:28 - Zionist infiltration, warfare and attacks

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Rashīd, Amīnah (Martyr); al-Ibrāhīm, Aḥmad (Martyr); Dallāshah, Aḥmad (Martyr).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Battles; Caves; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Family relations; Home bombing; Jewish settlements; Lūbyā Battle, 1947; Martyrs; Psychological warfare; Resistance movements; Seeking shelter; Suffering; Village occupation; War casualties; al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890-1977; al-Shajarāh (Palestine)

01:01:57 - Political turmoil and refugees' experience

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Caves; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Diseases; Expulsion from Palestine; Humiliation; Hunger; Lūbyā Battle, 1947; Mistreatment; News; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Psychological warfare; Refugee aid; Refugee camps; Refugee experience; Resistance movements; Seeking shelter; Suffering; Survival; Water resources; Weapon acquisition

01:15:42 - Return to the homeland

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Keywords: Defeat; Dispersion; Generations; Hope; Identity cards; Landowners; Naturalization refusal; Official documents; Palestine; Palestinian diaspora; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Personal belongings; Promises; Refugee experience; Regret; Right of return; Suffering; Weapons