Interview with Manwah Ṣāliḥ ’Abdullāh مقابلة مع منوة صالح عبدالله

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Agricultural and everyday life in al-Khāliṣah

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

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Madrasat al-Khāliṣah (School).

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

Landmarks - Lakes, River: ‘Ayn al-Dhahab (Water resource); ‘Ayn al-Ḥallāshah (Water resource); ‘Ayn ‘Uthmān (Water resource).

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Keywords: Agricultural calendars; Agricultural land lease; Agricultural products; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Building practices; Childhood; Chores; Communal celebrations; Convoys; Dairy products; Dietary practices; Dwellings; Economic prosperity; Expulsion from Palestine; Farm animals; Intervillage relations; Landowners; Means of transportation; Measurement units; Military withdrawal; Orchards; Pamphlets; Polygamy; Rural life; Seeking shelter; Self-sufficiency; Socio-economic conditions; Trade; Water resources; Women education; Women in agriculture

00:18:34 - Marriage and wedding traditions

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Keywords: Bridal gowns; Brides; British Army; Cooking; Dietary practices; Dowry; Economic measures; Embroidery; Engagement; Family relations; Invitations; Living conditions; Marriage proposals; Married couples; Mawlid; Social relations; Wedding celebration; Work

00:27:11 - Community customs and ceremonies

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Border cities and towns; Chickenpox; Children's games; Children's songs; Dietary practices; Envy; Health conditions; Herbal remedies; Illness; Infirmaries; Intervillage relations; Medical care; Medical doctors; Music; Musical instruments; Poetry; Pregnancy complications; Qurʼān recitations; Religious belief; Rural life; Traditional medical procedures; Vaccination; Water resources; ʻĪd celebrations

00:41:40 - Land and society in al-Khāliṣah

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ḥamādah, Muḥammad (Mayor); al-Ḥusayn, Kāmil (Village leader); Ḥamādah, Ismā‘īl (Musician); al-ʻUbayd, ʻAlī (Singer); al-ʻUbayd, Karīm (Singer).

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Keywords: Agricultural machinery; Agricultural products; Arbitration; Bread; British Army; Building materials; Cooking; Courts; Dietary practices; Disputes; Entertainment; Expulsion from Palestine; Farming practices; Harvesting; Land ownership; Landowners; Love stories; Military withdrawal; Musicians; Orchards; Poets; Pre-Nakba life; Topography; Women in agriculture

00:54:45 - Jewish settlements expansion and political turbulence

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Murshid, Mūsá (Martyr); al-Ḥusayn, Kāmil (Village leader); al-ʻAṭīyah, Maḥmūd (Kidnapped); Dīyab, Shiḥādah (Kidnapped).

Families: al-Ḥūrānī.

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Keywords: Assassination; Border cities and towns; Bridges; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Clashes; Fishing; Flour mills; Homeland; Honor; Interreligious relations; Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949; Jewish immigrants; Jewish settlements; Kidnapping; Land ownership; Land sale; Mass murder; Massacres; Military superiority; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Pamphlets; Resistance movements; Return; Revolutionaries; Rifles; Road blocks; Snakes; Survival; Tanks; Traditional medical procedures; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948

01:11:54 - Aggression and expulsion

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

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Assassination; Crimes against humanity; Defense; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Harvesting time; Homeland; Massacres; Newspapers; Pamphlets; Psychological warfare; Radio stations; Refugee aid; Refugee experience; Right of return; Routes; Two-state solution; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist propaganda; al-Nabaṭīyah (Lebanon)