Interview with Waḍḥah Shabāyṭah مقابلة مع وضحة شبايطة

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood in Ḥiṭṭīn

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥiṭṭīnī, Abū Saʻīd (Poet).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Nabī Shuʻayb (Maqām).

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Keywords: Animal slaughter; Childhood memories; Children's games; Dairy products; Dietary practices; Displacement; Everyday life; Farm animals; Living conditions; Routes; Rural life; Siblings; Songs; Women education; ʻĪd celebrations; Ḥinnah

00:09:11 - Agriculture and farming practices in Ḥiṭṭīn

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū Rāḍī, ʻAzzām (Trader); al-Yāsīn, Muḥammad (Trader).

Landmarks - Lakes, River: Wādi al-Laymūn (Valley).

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Agricultural products; Dairy products; Dietary practices; Dīwān; Family structure; Farm animals; Fathers; Gambling; Intervillage relations; Irrigation; Land sale; Landowners; Means of transportation; Olive oil mills; Sūq; Taxes; Theft; Tiberias (Palestine); Trade; Uncles; Water resources; Women in agriculture

00:23:23 - Ceremonies and community life

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Ḥiṭṭīnī, Abū Saʻīd (Poet); Abū Khalīl, Zahrah (Midwife); al-Qāsim, Aḥmad (Mayor); ‘Azzām, Aḥmad Abū Rāḍī (Mayor); al-Rabāḥ, Ismā‘īl (Mayor).

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Keywords: Arranged marriage; Child mortality; Communal celebrations; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Horseback riding; Hospitality; Hospitals; Intervillage relations; Mawlid; Nazareth (Palestine); Shaykhs; Social norms; Traditional medical procedures; Water resources; Wedding celebration; Wedding customs; Wedding songs; Women

00:48:45 - Palestinian-Jewish relations in Ḥiṭṭīn

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Keywords: Death; Defense; Dispersion; Expulsion from Palestine; Farmers; Interreligious marriage; Jewish neighbors; Jewish settlements; Martyrs; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Routes; Rural life; Sewing; Shepherds; Theft; Weapons; Women in agriculture; al-Hayb (Arab tribe)

00:58:50 - Ḥiṭṭīn during the Arab revolt, 1936-1939

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: al-Daqah, Aḥmad (Martyr); al-Yūsuf, Muḥammad (Martyr).

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Keywords: Armed patrols; Arrest; Battles; British colonialism; House raid; Imprisonment; Jewish settlements; Military superiority; Murder; Songs; Terrorism; Vandalism; Violation of humanitarian law

01:07:19 - Zionist invasion of Palestine and expulsion

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Salvation Army; Arrest; Attack; Bint Jubayl (Lebanon); Bombings; Border crossing; Children in armed conflicts; Death; Dispersion; Displacement; Eldest child; Expulsion from Palestine; Fire; Husbands; Injuries; Jewish settlements; Martyrs; Medical care; Permits; Priests; Routes; Seeking shelter; Shootings; Tanks; Theft; Water resources; al-Nabī Yūshaʻ (Palestine); ʻAylabūn (Palestine); Ḥiṭṭīn (Palestine)

01:34:08 - Refugee life in Lebanon

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Zurayq, Naʻīm (Martyr); Naḥmānī, Yūsuf (Land broker).

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Keywords: Atrocities of war; Expulsion from Palestine; Family reunification; Husbands; Mass murder; Permits; Personal belongings; Property destruction; Refugee aid; Refugee camp conditions; Return; ʻAylabūn (Palestine); ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah (Palestinian refugee camp: Lebanon)