Interview with Maryam ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd Suwaydān مقابلة مع مريم عبدالحميد سويدان

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Customs and traditions in Pre-Nakba Palestine

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Arbitration; Baysamūn (Palestine); Bridal customs; Childhood; Circumcision; Clothing and dresses; Displacement; Dowry; Education; Embroidery; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Grief; Handicrafts; Horseback riding; Hospitality; Illiteracy; Land sale; Machination; Marriage proposals; Mayors; Neighboring villages; Rural life; Safad (Palestine); Terrorism; Trade; Weddings

00:21:43 - Palestine during 1948

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Arrest; Bombardment; British colonialism; Brothers; House raid; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Resistance; Safad (Palestine); Terrorism; Vandalism; Village siege; Weapon acquisition; Zionist occupation

00:27:10 - Expulsion from Palestine and exile

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Baysamūn (Palestine); Bombardment; Demolition; Displacement; Evacuation orders; Expulsion from Palestine; Hope; Hospitality; House raid; Nostalgia; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Pamphlets; Passing on memories; Personal belongings; Refugee experience; Return; Routes; Terrorism; al-Nabī Yūshaʻ (Palestine)