Interview with Aḥmad ‘Abd al-Karīm and Fāṭimah ‘Alī Mir‘ī مقابلة مع أحمد عبدالكريم وفاطمة علي مرعي

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

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Public Institutions: Madrasat Marj al-ʻAyn (School).

Landmarks- Private Institutions: The African Cigarette Company (Company).

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Keywords: Agricultural calendars; Agricultural income; Agricultural products; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Buses; Children's games; Dwellings; Farmers; Fathers; Land ownership; Mothers; Neighboring villages; Peasant workers; Population; Rural life; Siblings; Tobacco trade; Water wells; al-Baṣṣah (Palestine); Ṣalḥah (Palestine)

00:13:41 - Social life and traditions

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Shiblī, Nimir (Mayor); Ismāʻīl, Naʻīm (Village leader); al-Ḥāj Mūsá, ʻAlī (Village leader); al-Ḥāj Mūsá, Saʻīd (Village leader).

Families: al-ʻUmarīyah; ʻAwn.

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Keywords: Arbitration; Balfour Declaration, 1917; British Government; Entertainment; Executions; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Horseback riding; Intervillage relations; Land ownership; Marriage proposals; Medical aid; Ottoman Rule of Palestine, 1876-1918; Population; Safad (Palestine); Weddings

00:23:45 - War events and Zionist invasion

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Aṣbaḥ, Abū al-ʻAbd (Revolutionary); al-Ḥāj Ismāʻīl, ʻAbd (Martyr); al-Shiblī, Maḥmūd (Martyr); Ḍāhir, Kāmil (Martyr); Qāsim, Muṣṭafá (Martyr); al-Maʻnaʼī, Jumʻah (Martyr); Naʻīm, Ḥasan (Martyr); Saʻd Ḍāhir, Saʻdīyah (Martyr); Muḥsin, Amīnah (Martyr); Zughayb, Muḥammad (Lebanese Army commander).

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Armored vehicles; British colonialism; British-Jewish relations; Death; Guards; Home demolition; Jewish settlements; Mass murder; Military strategy; Military withdrawal; News; Psychological warfare; Radio stations; Resistance; Saʻsaʻ (Palestine); Terrorism; War crimes; Weapon acquisition; Zionist occupation; al-Nabī Yusha' Battle, 1948; al-Shīshaklī, Adīb, 1909-1964; Ṣalḥah Massacre, 1948

00:44:49 - Expulsion from Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Shiblī, Maḥmūd (Martyr); Ḍāhir, Kāmil (Martyr).

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Keywords: Arab countries; Death; Disputes; Emotions; Expulsion; Homeland; House rent; Lebanon; Palestinian national identity; Passing on memories; Refugee aid; Refugee experience; Routes; Socio-economic conditions; Unity; Zionist invasion of Palestine, 1948

00:56:10 - Zionist occupation and expulsion from Palestine experience

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Qāsim, Nimir (Survivor); Salāmah, Na‘īm Ismā‘īl (Martyr).

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Keywords: Arrest; Border cities and towns; Child killings; Crimes against humanity; Dabkah; Demolition; Emotions; Expulsion; Guards; Hardship; House rent; Injuries; Land partition; Lebanon; Martyrs; Mass murder; Medical care; Passing on memories; Refugee aid; Refugee experience; Resistance; Return; Routes; Weapon acquisition; Zionist invasion of Palestine, 1948; ʻAtābā; Ṣalḥah (Palestine); Ṣalḥah Massacre, 1948