Interview with Khadījah ʻAbdullāh al-Tuhāmī مقابلة مع خديجة عبدالله التهامي

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Rural life in Hawshah

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Private Institutions: al-‘Afīfī Bus Company (Corporation).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Nabī Hushān (Maqām).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Antiquities; Buses; Children's games; Family relations; Family structure; Farming practices; Fathers; Food; Hadar (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Handicrafts; Harvesters; Hawshah (Palestine); Horseback riding; Jewish immigrants; Jewish neighbors; Land ownership; Medical aid; Moroccans; Rural life; Threshing; Trade; Vehicles; Water wells

00:14:13 - Community life and customs at Hawshah

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Partial Transcript: Families: Barghīs; al-Waḥsh; al-Sallāmah; al-Qablīnī.

Significant Figures: Barghīs, Muḥammad (Mayor).

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Keywords: Arbitration; Bridal customs; Buses; Circumcision; Clothing and dresses; Dowry; Dwellings; Dīwān; Grooms; Herbal remedies; Hospitality; Intervillage relations; Marriage proposals; Moroccans; Poets; Social norms; Sūq; Traditional medical procedures; Water wells; Wedding customs; Wedding songs; Ḥinnah

00:32:20 - Palestinian handicrafts and cooking

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Keywords: Cooking; Dietary practices; Handicrafts; Olive oil; Pottery; Pre-Nakba life; Soap

00:43:20 - Zionist invasion and expulsion

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: ʻĪsá, Mūsá (Martyr); Barghīs, Muḥammad (Martyr); Barghīs, Luṭfīyah (Martyr).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Border guards; Child mortality; Clothing and dresses; Death; Dispersion; Displacement; Druzes; Elderly people; Expulsion; Family relations; Fathers; Gunshots; Haganah; Hawshah (Palestine); Hospitality; Illness; Israeli checkpoints; Jewish settlements; Lebanon; Massacres; Mines; Murder; Neighboring villages; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Permits; Personal belongings; Psychological warfare; Refugee experience; Return; Routes; Seeking refuge; Skirmishes; Terrorism; Village occupation; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948

01:07:12 - Hardships of expulsion and hope of return

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Keywords: Generosity; Homeland; Nostalgia; Palestinian national identity; Personal belongings; Refugee experience; Seeking refuge