Interview with ʻĀʼishah Muḥammad Farḥāt مقابلة مع عائشة محمد فرحات

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:23 - Customs and society in Hawshah

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

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Algeria; Children's games; Clothing and dresses; Embroidery; Family structure; Farmers; Girls; Immigration; Jewish neighbors; Land ownership; Orchards; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Religious belief; Schools; Sewing; Shaykhs; Social norms; Tailoring; Wedding celebration; Wedding songs; Women education

00:17:20 - Social relations and community celebrations

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ṣiḍḍīq, Aḥmad (Shaykh).

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Keywords: Celebrations; Cooking; Dietary practices; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Haifa (Palestine); Hawshah (Palestine); Herbal remedies; Lullabies; Mothers-in-law; Religious traditions; Traditional medical procedures; Traditional medicinal products; Wedding songs; Wedding traditions

00:39:36 - Zionist occupation of Hawshah

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Khiḍir, Ḥasan (Mayor); al-Shaykh, Muḥammad (Martyr); al-Ṭāhir, Faḍīl (Resistance fighter); Abū ʻAṭīyah, Darwīsh (Resistance fighter).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; British colonialism; Brutal treatment; Collaboration; Crimes against humanity; Dayr Yāsīn (Palestine); Deception; Expulsion; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Haganah; Haifa (Palestine); Jaysh Abū Maḥmūd; Jaysh Shakīb Wahhāb; Jewish neighbors; Khirbat al-Kasāyir (Palestine); Mines; Murder; Nadbīyah; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Pamphlets; Psychological warfare; Religious belief; Revolutionaries; Routes; Social relations; Torture; Traditional medical procedures; Weapon acquisition; Zionist occupation

00:57:54 - Continued warfare and expulsion from Hawshah

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ṭāhir, Faḍīl (Resistance fighter).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Akka (Palestine); Atrocities of war; Attempt at return; Bombardment; Childbirth; Collaborationists; Crimes against humanity; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Dispersion; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Family relations; Family reunification; Guards; Haganah; Haifa (Palestine); House raid; Identity cards; Injuries; Lebanese army; Psychological warfare; Radio stations; Revolutionary songs; Route choices; Seeking refuge; Shafā ʻAmrū (Palestine); Shootings; Terrorism; Weapon acquisition; Women in armed conflicts; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist occupation; Ṣaffurīyah (Palestine)

01:20:39 - Displacement and refugee life

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Mughrabī, Abū Ṣubḥī (Resistance fighter).

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Keywords: Algeria; City occupation; Dayshūm (Palestine); Death; Deception; Elections; Expulsion from Palestine; Family relations; Forced migration; Hardship; Hygiene; Jaysh Shakīb Wahhāb; Languages; Lebanon; Migration; Naturalization; Passing on memories; Psychological warfare; Refugee experience; Return; Socio-economic conditions; Suffering; Tal al-Zaʻtar (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon); Terrorism; Water resources; Wedding traditions; Work; Zionist occupation; ʻAnjar (Lebanon)

01:37:51 - Return to Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Nabī Yūshaʻ (Maqām); al-Nabī Hūshān (Maqām).

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Keywords: Aerial boming; Attempt at return; Death; Dispersion; Displacement; Expulsion from Palestine; Family relations; Hope; Identity cards; Illness; Israeli Invasion of Lebanon, 1982; Jerusalem (Palestine); Jewish neighbors; Land ownership; Martyrdom; Martyrs; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Qānā (Lebanon); Regret; Religious belief; Right of return; Routes; Victory; Wars