Interview with Lāfī Fāris Ruḥaymah مقابلة مع لافي فارس رحيمة

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:08 - Childhood, social life, and tribal customs

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-Naḥawī; al-Khaḍrā; al-Mīzārī.

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

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Keren Kayemeth (Corporation).

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Keywords: Agriculture; Arbitration; Children's games; Coffee; Dayshūm (Palestine); Dwellings; Family structure; Farm animals; Guards; Haganah; Hospitality; Jewish settlements; Neighboring villages; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Public lands; Qadas (Palestine); Rifles; Safad (Palestine); Strangers; Trade; Tribal customs; Truces; Village leaders; Work; al-Harrāwī (Palestine); al-Ḥamdūn (Arab tribe); al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975

00:27:40 - War events and Zionist occupation

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ḥmaydī, ʻAlī (Martyr); Zughayb, Muḥammad (Lebanese Army commander).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Jewish neighbors; Jewish settlements; Martyrdom; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Sa‘d, Ma‘rūf, 1910-1975; Skirmishes; Weapon acquisition; Weapons confiscation; Work; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Mālikīyah Battle, 1948; al-Ḥamdūn (Arab tribe)

00:34:34 - Expulsion from Palestine

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

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Ambushes; Arab Salvation Army; Bombardment; Deception; Military superiority; Murder; Refugee experience; Routes; Zionist occupation