Interview with Fīfī Khūrī مقابلة مع فيفي خوري

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:15 - Family origins and childhood in Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Apollo (Cinema).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: Banco di Roma (Bank).

Significant Figures: al-Khūrī, Anthony (Trader).

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Keywords: Childhood dreams; Children's games; Christians; Family relations; Fathers; Grandfathers; Interreligious relations; Jaffa (Palestine); Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Social norms; Traders

00:08:01 - Education and degrees

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Private Institutions: Madrasat Rāhibāt Ṣahyūn (School); Rāhibāt Mār Yūsuf Lilẓuhūr (School); Madrasat Ḥasan ʻArafah (School); Jerusalem Girls Collage (School); Bīr zaytt School (School); ; Orthodox (School); Madrasat al-Muṭrān (School).

Significant Figures: Nāṣir, Nabīhah (School principal).

Families: al-Ṭarazī.

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Keywords: Boarding schools; Clothing and dresses; Collaborationists; Discrimination; Embroidery; Employment; Interreligious relations; Jaffa (Palestine); Jerusalem (Palestine); Nuns; Ports; Private schools; Religious diversity; Strikes; Students; Teachers; Tel Aviv (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Women education

00:27:56 - Socio-economic life

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Private Institutions: Barclays Bank (Bank); Ottoman Bank (Bank); Banco di Roma (Bank).

Significant Figures: Salāmah, Ḥasan (Revolutionary leader).

Families: Dabbās; Dumyānī.

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Keywords: Agricultural land lease; Armed patrols; Clothing and dresses; Dwellings; Employment; Exports; Fathers; Grandfathers; Jaffa (Palestine); Jaffa oranges; Jewish Agency for Palestine; Landowners; Neighborhoods; Professions; Socio-economic conditions; Strikes; Trade; Women education

00:39:44 - Social and cultural life

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Bear, Lola (Tailorer); Nāṣir, Mūsá (Mayor).

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Keywords: Bridal customs; Catholic Club; Christians; Entertainment; Grandfathers; Internal migration; Jaffa (Palestine); Jewish immigrants; Latin churches; Marriage; Orthodox Eastern Church; Palestinian Orthodox Clubs; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Sewing; Social relations; Sports; Tel Aviv (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Trade; al-Nādī al-Riyāḍī al-Islāmī fi Yāfā

00:48:50 - Zionist invasion and psychological warfare

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-ʻĪsá, Micheal (Arab Salvation Army commander).

Landmarks, Cultural and Touristic Institutions: Cliff Hotel (Hotel).

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Keywords: Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951; Absentee property laws; Bombardment; British authorities; British officers; Dwellings; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Family relations; Frustration; House rent; Interreligious relations; Jaffa (Palestine); Jewish settlements; Land sale; Murder; News; Palestine Broadcasting Service; Ports; Promises; Property appropriation; Psychological warfare; Return; Socio-economic conditions; State of Israel; Strikes; Surrender; Tel Aviv (Jewish settlement: Palestine); Terrorism; Treason; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948

01:09:15 - Expulsion from Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Families: Gharghūr.

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Keywords: Attempt at return; Bombardment; Dwellings; Economic conditions; Family relations; Hope; International Committee of the International Committee of the Red Cross; Jaffa (Palestine); Lebanon; Means of transportation; Nostalgia; Parents; Personal belongings; Photographs; Refugee experience; Routes; Ships; Trade; United Nations. Conciliation Commission for Palestine