Interview with Zahīyah Yūsuf Dakwar مقابلة مع زهية يوسف دكور

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

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Partial Transcript: Significant Figures: Ḥulayḥil, Abū Saʻīd (Shaykh).

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Keywords: Agricultural income; Building practices; Building stones; Coexistence; Dwellings; Farm animals; Grandfathers; Mosques; Neighboring villages; Prayers; Praying; Pre-Nakba geographical territories; Quarries and quarrying; Religion; Siblings; Socio-economic conditions

00:08:02 - Childhood memories and education

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Keywords: Agricultural calendars; Boarding schools; Childhood memories; Children's games; Education; Farm animals; Farmers; Illiteracy; Landowners; Parents; Qaddītā (Palestine); Qurʼānic teaching; Refugee experience; Rural life; Safad (Palestine); Schools; Urban life; Women education

00:13:58 - Community and family life in the village

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Partial Transcript: Families: Ḥulayḥil; Ḥamzah; Shanāʻah; Dakwar; Kaʻwash; Yūnus; Ḥamad.

Significant Figures: Dakwar, Salīm (Mayor); Dakwar, ʻAlī (Mayor); Ḥamzah, Aḥmad (Mayor); al-Ḥittīnī, Abū Saʻīd (Poet).

Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Buṭmī (Maqām); al-Shaykh ʻAlī (Maqām); al-Shaykh Mūsá (Maqām); al-Mashārif (Maqām).

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Arbitration; Chores; Clothing and dresses; Dairy products; Dietary practices; Disputes; Embroidery; Family structure; Health conditions; Herbal remedies; Hospitality; Interpersonal relations; Landowners; Marriage proposals; Means of transportation; Neighborly behavior; News; Olive oil mills; Olive trees; Professions; Rain; Religious belief; Sewing; Socio-economic conditions; Trade; Water wells; Wedding customs; al-Ṣafṣāf (Palestine)

00:35:05 - Military occupation and the expulsion

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Keywords: Aerial bombing; Arab Revolt, 1936-1939; Arab Salvation Army; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Expulsion from Palestine; House raid; Jewish immigrants; Jewish settlements; Land sale; Mass graves; Palestinian Jews; Palestinian-Jewish relations; Qaddītā (Palestine); Village siege; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; al-Ṣafṣāf Massacre, 1948