Interview with Ḥasnah Aḥmad Ṭāhā مقابلة مع حسنة أحمد طه

American University of Beirut Palestinian Oral History Archives
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00:00:00 - Childhood, agriculture and everyday life

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Partial Transcript: Landmarks-Places of Worship: al-Shaykh Rabīʻ (Maqām); al-Khiḍir (Maqām).

Significant Figures: al-ʻAbd, Maḥmūd (Trader).

Families: ʻAbbās; Maṭar; Saʻīd; ʻAbd al-Ghanī.

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Keywords: Agricultural products; Arbitration; Arrest; Building practices; Buses; Childhood dreams; Children's games; Dietary practices; Disputes; Dwellings; Folk songs; Intervillage relations; Land ownership; Mayors; Mosques; Neighboring villages; Peasants; Professions; Religious belief; Rural life; Schools; Siblings; Sūq; Trade; Vows; Women education; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948; ʻĪd celebrations

00:18:10 - Wedding songs and traditions

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Keywords: Brides; Dabkah; Folk poetry; Groom Shower; Marriage proposals; Social norms; Ululation; Wedding customs; Wedding songs; Zaffah

00:35:42 - Ceremonies and community life in the village

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Keywords: Bedouins; Boys; Celebrations; Childbirth; Clothing and dresses; Entertainment; Folktales; Harvesting; Herbal remedies; Invocation; Medical doctors; Soirée; Storytelling; Tribal customs; Ululation; Vows; Work songs; Zaffah; al-Barānkī (Nawar); ʻĪd al-Mawlid al-Nabawī

00:59:03 - Expulsion from Palestine

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Partial Transcript: Families: Maṭar; ʻAbd al-Ghanī.

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Keywords: Atrocities of war; Bombardment; British Mandate of Palestine, 1922-1948; Collaborationists; Discriminatory measures; Dispersion; Displacement; Druzes; Expulsion from Palestine; Haganah; Honor; Hunger; Injuries; Massacres; Mayors; Murder; Prisoners of war; Refugee experience; Return; Seeking shelter; Smuggling; Socio-economic conditions; Tear gas; Terrorism; Theft; Threats; Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948