Interview with Masʻadah ‘Abd Jammāl مقابلة مع مسعدة عبد جمّال

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Upbringing in Shafā ʻAmru

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Arbitration; Building practices; Childhood; Children's games; Chores; Disputes; Education; Embroidery; Family structure; Hospitality; Jewish neighbors; Jewish settlements; Locust infestation; Mayors; Nuns; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Rural life; Schools; Tailoring; Trade; Women education

00:15:33 - Land and society

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Nabī Ṣāliḥ (Maqām).

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Keywords: Antiquities; Christians; Despair; Hostility; Interpersonal relations; Interreligious relations; Landowners; Neighborhoods; Prophets; Shaykhs; Social relations; al-Hayb (Arab tribe)

00:31:59 - Wedding ceremonies and marriage customs

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Keywords: Brides; Communal celebrations; Competitiveness; Dabkah; Dance; Family relations; Fire; Grooms; Interpersonal relations; Intervillage relations; Invitations; Jewish neighbors; Mothers-in-law; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Religious belief; Rural life; Singing; Social norms; Wedding customs; Wedding presents; Wedding songs

00:55:34 - Arab-Jewish relations

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Nabī Ṣāliḥ (Maqām).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Bint Jubayl (Lebanon); Caves; Expulsion from Palestine; Hardship; Interreligious relations; Jewish neighbors; Land sale; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Social relations; Truces; Wedding celebration

01:03:00 - Arab Revolt, 1936-1939 and socio-political activity

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

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arrest; Bail; Brutal treatment; Courts; Despair; Emotions; Family relations; Governmental institutions; Harvesting; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945; Honor; Imprisonment; Innocence; Prison sentences; Revolutionaries; Social relations; Weapons

01:13:26 - Interreligious relations, conflict and warefare

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Agricultural land lease; Agricultural products; Attack; Dalʻūnā; Death; Displacement; Feasts; Hostile acts; Imprisonment; Interpersonal relations; Mayors; Murder; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Prisons; Resistance movements; Revolutionaries; Settler colonialism; Shepherds; Thieves; Trains; Weapons; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948

01:33:39 - Military occupation, hostility and exile

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Keywords: Aggression; Crimes against humanity; Displacement; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Jewish neighbors; Massacres; Military training; Nazareth (Palestine); Official documents; Psychological warfare; Rape; Return; Settler colonialism; Theft; Zionist occupation; Zionist propaganda

01:40:27 - Refugee life and right of return

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Family relations; Fleas; Food; Hardships; Homeland; Hostile acts; Hunger; Living conditions; Marriage; Naturalization refusal; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Personal belongings; Rape; Refugee aid; Refugee camp conditions; Return; Suffering; Survival; Zionist occupation; ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon)