Interview with Fāṭimah Salīm مقابلة مع فاطمة سليم

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Socio-economic dynamics ʻArrābah

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Abū Durrah, Yūsuf (Revolutionary leader); al-Salīm, Fawzī (Mayor); al-Yāsīn, Tawfīq (Mayor); al-Aḥmad, Ṣāliḥ (Mayor); al-Kharbūsh, Nimir (Village leader).

Families: Yāsīn; al-Kanāʻinah.

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Blacksmithing; Bridal accessories; Children's games; Clothing and dresses; Conduct of life; Dietary practices; Dwellings; Dīwān; Education; Embroidery; Emotions; Farming practices; Flour mills; Food; Handicrafts; Land ownership; Neighboring villages; Olive oil mills; Olive trees; Qurʼānic teaching; Rural life; Schools; Self-sufficiency; Siblings; Stoves; Sūq; Weaving; al-Aṣbaḥ, ‘Abdullāh, 1910-1938

00:15:56 - Ceremonies and community life in the village

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

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Keywords: Circumcision; Clothing and dresses; Dabkah; Death; Dietary practices; Dīwān; Entertainment; Groom Shower; Herbal remedies; Homeland; Horse racing; Hospitality; Intervillage relations; Mourning; Nadbīyah; Neighboring villages; Rural life; Swings of ʻĪd; Threshing; Traditional medical procedures; Wedding customs; Wedding presents; Wedding songs; ʻAtābā; ʻĪd celebrations; Ḥinnah

00:44:12 - ʻArrābah during the Arab revolt, 1936-1939

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Keywords: Arrest; Bombardment; British colonialism; Displacement; House raid; Jewish neighbors; Mortars; News; Resistance movements; Revolutionaries; Seeking refuge; Vandalism; Village siege; al-Shajarah (Palestine)

00:48:15 - Expulsion from Palestine

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Keywords: Arab Salvation Army; Bombardment; Bread; Brutal treatment; Decision making; Emotions; Expulsion from Palestine; Guards; Homeland; Hope; Identity cards; Massacres; Nostalgia; Passing on memories; Personal belongings; Psychological warfare; Ramaḍān; Refugee experience; Road blocks; Routes; Sacred places; Shaykhs; Suffering; Summer; Terrorism; Trenches; Weapon acquisition; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948