Interview with Kāmilah al-Biqā‘ī مقابلة مع كاملة البقاعي

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Cultural life and childhood

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Keywords: Bridal customs; British rule; Children's games; Christians; Dabkah; Dietary practices; Education; Fathers; Grooms; Guests; Jafrā; Muslims; Schools; Siblings; Songs; Ululation; Village siege; Wedding celebration; Wedding songs; Women education; Zaffah; al-Dāmūn (Palestine); ʻĪd celebrations

00:23:24 - Agriculture and social life

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-Biqāʻī; al-ʻAyāshī; Lūbānī; Murād; ʻUthmān; Rayyān.

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-ʻAjamī (Maqām).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Arbitration; Building practices; Child mortality; Christians; Churches; Clothing and dresses; Craftsmen; Dhabīḥah; Dietary practices; Dwellings; Family names; Farming practices; Harvesting; Interreligious relations; Land ownership; Maqām; Marriage; Means of transportation; Mosques; Neighboring villages; Respect; Rural life; Trade; Water wells; Weddings; Work songs; al-Dāmūn (Palestine)

00:47:09 - Arab Salvation Army arrival and Zionist attacks

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Armed resistance; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British occupation; British-Jewish relations; Child killings; Collaborationists; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Executions; Expulsion; Jewish settlements; Jews; Poets; Psychological warfare; Revolutionaries; Revolutionary songs; Scout; Shootings; Village liberation; Village siege; Weapon acquisition; Weddings; Zionist occupation; al-Birwah (Palestine); al-Dāmūn (Palestine)

01:05:41 - Expulsion and hardships

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Biqāʻī, ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz (Martyr).

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Keywords: Ambushes; Arab Salvation Army; Attempt at return; British high commissioner; Emotions; Injuries; Jewish settlements; Killing; National identity; Nostalgia; Revolutionaries; Shootings; Smuggling; Truces; Zionist occupation; al-Birwah (Palestine)