Interview with Ḥafīẓah Ḥamādah Aḥmad مقابلة مع حفيظة حمادة أحمد

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Agricultural life in the village

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks- Private Institutions: Madrasat al-Aḥmadīyah (School).

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Keywords: British colonialism; Children's games; Chores; Frustration; House raid; Illiteracy; Injuries; Medical care; Naḥf (Palestine); Orchards; Peasants; Revolutionaries; Rural life; Schools; Siblings; Tanks; Terrorism; Vandalism; Village siege; Weaving; Women dressmakers; Women education

00:12:02 - Socio-economic dynamics in the village

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Khāzin, Adīb (Doctor).

Families: ʻAbd al-Ghanī; Maṭar; Qays; Abbās; Ayyūb.

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Shaykh Rabīʻ (Maqām).

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Keywords: Childlessness; Dhabīḥah; Dietary practices; Dwellings; Dīwān; Gender role; Health conditions; Herbal remedies; Inheritance; Laborers; Land expropriation; Landowners; Marriage; Means of transportation; Measurement units; Mourning; Olive Oil; Peasant workers; Peasants; Religious belief; Self-sufficiency; Social norms; Socio-economic conditions; Songs; Trade; Typhoid fever; Wedding celebration; Wedding customs; Women in agriculture; ʻĪd celebrations

00:35:55 - Political activity during the British rule

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Keywords: Bedouins; British army camps; British colonialism; Complaints; Disputes; Employment; Grenades; Home bombing; Home demolition; Jewish immigrants; Maps; Murder; Revolutionaries; Shepherds; Terrorism; Traders; Village siege

00:44:44 - Zionist occupation of Palestine, 1948

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Battles; Currencies; Damaged weapons; Defense; Expulsion from Palestine; Guards; Jews; Naḥf (Palestine); News; Refugee experience; Rifles; Seeking shelter; Weapon trade; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; Zionist occupation; Ṣandūq al-Furjah

00:51:29 - Refugee life and exile

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Partial Transcript: Families: ‘Abbās.

Significant Figures: Dāhish, Jabr (Village leader).

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Border crossing; Childbirth; Dayr Yāsīn Massacre, 1948; Death; Dispersion; Druzes; Exile; Expulsion from Palestine; False witnesses; Homeland; Hospitality; Husbands; Identity cards; Imprisonment; International Committee of the International Committee of the Red Cross; Mayors; Military withdrawal; Naturalization refusal; Naḥf (Palestine); Nostalgia; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Permits; Personal belongings; Psychological warfare; Refugee experience; Return; Routes; Suffering; Zionist occupation