Interview with Waḍḥah al-Khaṭīb مقابلة مع وضحة الخطيب

Partial Transcript: Families: Ḥamādah; al-Khaṭīb; ‘Abdullāh; Frayj; Maḥmūd; al-Ḥusayn.

Significant Figures: al-Ḥusayn, Kāmil (Village leader).

Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Ṣūq al-Khāliṣah (Market).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: ‘Ayn al-Dhahab (Water resources).

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Agricultural products; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Children's games; Communal celebrations; Dwellings; Educational grants; Farm animals; Landowners; Means of transportation; Measurement units; Mosques; Peasants; Pre-Nakba life; Rural life; Schools; Siblings; Social classes; Socio-economic conditions; Ṣūq; Trade; Weddings; Widows; Women education

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ḥamādah, Muḥammad al-Qāsim (Mayor).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Nabī Washa’ (Maqām); al-Nabī Hūdā (Maqām); al-Nabī al-Shaykh Ismā’īl (Maqām); al-Nabī al-’Ajamī (Maqām).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: ‘Ayn al-Dhahab (Water resources).

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Birth certificates; Brides; British colonialism; Children; Circumcision; Dhabīḥah; Dietary practices; Disputes; Engagement; Entertainment; Health conditions; Intervillage relations; Living conditions; Love; Marriage; Marriage proposals; Means of transportation; Media; Mourning; Musicians; Radio stations; Social norms; Social relations; Traditional medical procedures; Vaccination; Water resources; Wedding presents; Wedding traditions; al-Khālisah (Palestine); ʻĪd celebrations

Partial Transcript: Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Ṣūq al-Khāliṣah (Market).

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Crimes against humanity; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Dietary practices; Farm animals; Guards; Haganah; Home bombing; Interreligious marriage; Jewish settlements; Land sale; Machination; Mantaqat Imtiyāz al-Ḥūlah (Palestine); Martyrs; News; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Pamphlets; Propaganda; Rural life; Survival; Weapon acquisition; Weapons; Zionist occupation; al-Ḥūlah Massacre, Lebanon, 1948

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Mir‘ī, ‘Alī Sulaymān (Martyr).

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Ambushes; Battles; Convoys; Crimes against individuals; Death; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Generations; Hardship; Homeland; Means of transportation; Nostalgia; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Personal belongings; Refugee experience; Settler colonialism; Suffering; Zionist propaganda; al-Ḥūlah Massacre, Lebanon, 1948

Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Murshid, Qāsim (Martyr).

Segment Synopsis:

Keywords: Aggression; Arabic proverbs; Border cities and towns; Crimes against individuals; Harvesting; Hope; Horses; Identity cards; Lebanon; Memory; Naturalization; News; Official documents; Personal belongings; Photographs; Poems; Regret; Right of return; State of Israel; Zionist occupation