Interview with Maryam Sulaymān Ruḥayyil مقابلة مع مريم سليمان رحيل

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood and socio-economic life

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū ʻĪd, Ḥusayn (Mayor); al-Maḥmūd, Nimir (Mayor).

Families: al-Maḥmūd.

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Keywords: Agricultural economics; Agricultural products; Children's games; Dwellings; Family names; Family relations; Farm animals; Fathers; Intervillage relations; Land ownership; Means of transportation; Peasant workers; Schools; Socio-economic conditions; Trade; al-Manṣūrah (Palestine)

00:17:36 - Social and community life at al-Manṣūrah

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Keywords: Arbitration; Bedouins; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; British colonialism; Intervillage relations; Marriage proposals; Murder; Neighboring villages; Praying; Revenge; Tattoos; Weddings; al-Manṣūrah (Palestine)

00:30:43 - Expulsion from Palestine and suffering

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Keywords: Children; Economic hardship; Expulsion from Palestine; Hope; House rent; Interreligious relations; Military superiority; Refugee experience; Suffering; Weapons; Work; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist occupation