Interview with Amīnah ‘Abd al-Karīm al-Wākid مقابلة مع أمينة عبد الكريم الواكد

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:26 - Rural conditions and social life

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Partial Transcript: Families: Abū Ra’is; ʻAbbūd; ʻAbdullāh; Abū al-Zuwayyid.

Significant Figures: al-Muḥammad, Ḥasan (Mayor).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: ʻAyn Lūṭ (Maqām).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Arab tribes; Bedouins; Childbirth; Childlessness; Clothing and dresses; Dwellings; Dīwān; Family farms; Family structure; Farming practices; Harvesting; Home demolition; Hospitality; Land ownership; Married women; Nazareth (Palestine); Palestinian-Jewish relations; Praying; Pregnancies; Religious belief; Schooling; Shootings; Stepmothers; Theft; Trade; Village siege; Water resources; Women in agriculture; Zionist occupation; ʻAylūṭ (Palestine)

00:21:03 - Cultural life and customs

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Keywords: Arranged marriage; Bridal accessories; Bridal customs; Circumcision; Condolences; Cousins; Customs and traditions; Dabkah; Death; Dowry; Drought; Family relations; Food; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Love; Marriage proposals; Mawlid; Mourning; Nadbīyah; Praise of Muḥammad; Prayers for rain; Social norms; Wedding songs; Wedding traditions; Zaffah; ʻAylūṭ (Palestine); ʻĪd celebrations; Ḥinnah

00:43:04 - Battles, Zionist terrorism, and expulsion

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arrest; Assassination; British colonialism; Burial; Child killings; Child mortality; Crimes against humanity; Dispersion; Displacement; Emotions; Family reunification; Guards; Hiding; Home bombing; House raid; Jewish neighbors; Jewish settlements; Mass murder; Nazareth (Palestine); Palestinian-Jewish relations; Personal belongings; Photography; Ramaḍān; Resistance; Routes; Shootings; Skirmishes; Suffering; Terrorism; Theft; Vandalism; Village occupation; Village siege; Violation of humanitarian law; War crimes; Weapons; Women in armed conflicts; Zionist occupation; ʻAylūṭ (Palestine); Ṣaffūrīyah (Palestine)

01:05:37 - Journey to exile and suffering

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Keywords: Dwellings; Economic conditions; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Family relations; Generations; Health conditions; Homeland; Hope; Intervillage relations; Medical doctors; Nostalgia; Olive trees; Passing on memories; Personal belongings; Poetry; Pre-Nakba life; Return; Routes; ʻAtābā; ʻAylūṭ (Palestine)