Interview with Zahrah al-Khaṭīb and Nāyif al-Khaṭīb مقابلة مع زهرة الخطيب ونايف الخطيب

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood and agriculture

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Zikrah, Muḥammad (Teacher).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Agricultural income; Agricultural products; Children's games; Family structure; Farmers; Farming practices; Harvesting; Means of transportation; Prayers for rain; Public schools; Religious schooling; Rural life; Stepmothers; Students; al-Rās al-Aḥmar (Palestine); al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964

00:20:27 - Social and cultural life

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Partial Transcript: Families: al-Khaṭīb; Ayyūb.

Significant Figures: Ayyūb, ʻ Abd al-Raḥīm (Mayor); al-Khaṭīb, Muḥammad ʻAlī (Musician).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Ṣulṭān ʻAbd al-Qādir (Maqām); al-Munṭār (Maqām).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Dwellings; Entertainment; Firʻim (Palestine); Funeral rites and ceremonies; Harvesting; Interreligious marriage; Intervillage relations; Land ownership; Marriage; Medical care; Midwives; Mosques; Mourning; Neighboring villages; Religious belief; Rural life; Seeking refuge; Sūq; Traditions; Wedding celebration; Wedding songs; al-Rās al-Aḥmar (Palestine)

00:48:00 - British Mandate of Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Shāʻir, ʻAbdullāh (Revolutionary); Yaʻqūb, Ibrāhīm (Revolutionary); al-Ibrāhīm, Aḥmad (Martyr).

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Keywords: Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arrest; Bridal customs; British colonialism; Death; Explosions; Expulsion from Palestine; Home demolition; House raid; Jaffa oranges; Jewish settlements; Mawlid; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Taxes; Trade; al-Aṣbaḥ, ‘Abdullāh, 1910-1938; al-Rās al-Aḥmar (Palestine)

00:57:31 - Zionist invasion of Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-ʻAbdallāh, Ibrāhīm (Resistance fighter).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Armed resistance; Armored vehicles; Attack; Bombings; Cicassians; Guards; Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Women; al-Rās al-Aḥmar (Palestine)

01:03:24 - Expulsion from Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Jadīd, Ghassān (Arab Aalvation Army commander).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Cicassians; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Economic hardship; Emotions; Expulsion; Guards; Hunger; Lebanon; Military withdrawal; Nostalgia; Refugee experience; Return; Routes; The Partition Partition Plan, 1947; Village siege; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist occupation; al- Ṣalḥah Massacre, 1948; al-Rās al-Aḥmar (Palestine); al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964; al-Ṣafṣāf Massacre