Interview with Laṭīfah Ma‘rūf مقابلة مع لطيفة معروف

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

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Partial Transcript: Families: Ma’rūf; Ẓāhir, Khashshān, Ṣādiq; Ḥamādah.

Significant Figures: Ma’rūf, Ghādī (Mayor).

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Keywords: Agricultural calendars; Arbitration; Arranged marriage; Border cities and towns; Brides; Building practices; Clothing and dresses; Dietary practices; Disputes; Dwellings; Family structure; Farm animals; Grooms; Illness; Lanterns; Lullabies; Means of transportation; Medical care; Pre-Nakba life; Rural life; Siblings; Traditional medical procedures; Wedding celebration; Wedding dresses; Wedding songs; Wedding traditions; Women education; ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon); ʻĪd celebrations

00:17:57 - British political control and violence

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ẓāhir, Maḥmūd (Martyr); al-Ṣādiq, Muṣṭafá (Martyr).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; British colonialism; British-Jewish relations; Dayr al-Qāsī (Palestine); Evacuation orders; Expulsion from Palestine; Home evacuation; House raid; Imprisonment; Jewish settlements; Land sale; Massacres; News; Orchards; Personal belongings; Psychological warfare; Refugee experience; Return; Revolutionaries; Village siege; al-Aṣbaḥ, ‘Abdullāh, 1910-1938; ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon)

00:31:19 - Expulsion from Palestine

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab countries; Arab-Israeli conflict; British colonialism; Condolences; Customs and traditions; Economic prosperity; Expulsion from Palestine; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Generations; Harvesting time; Hope; Martyrs; Mayors; Official documents; Personal belongings; Photographs; Pre-Nakba life; Right of return; Suffering; Warfare; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948